Beauty, in Miller’s sense, is not on Frecknall’s menu. Blanche’s costumes (by Merle Hensel) make no pretense of prettiness, just as the staging leaves her no dignity. The lighting (by Lee Curran) is harsh and the sound (by Peter Rice) harsher. The drums obscure some of the dialogue.

The actor stars alongside an equally extraordinary Patsy Ferran in this production of the Tennessee Williams classic, which has transferred to the Brooklyn Academy of Music after an Olivier-winning London run.