Gillian Anderson goes back to Blanche for prequel to A Streetcar Named Desire
The Departure, a Young Vic short film starring and directed by Anderson, will be available to watch exclusively on theguardian.com from Friday 6 FebruaryIt is the most striking of entrances: from around a corner comes Blanche DuBois " carrying a valise, "daintily dressed" as if for a cocktail party and with "shocked disbelief" on her face as she arrives at her sister Stella's New Orleans home in A Streetcar Named Des…