The T-shirt, or at least the T-shirt as we know it, was born in the theatre. When Tennessee William's play A Streetcar Named Oesire opened in New York in December 1947, a young actor (16) ____called ____ Marlon Brando went (17) __on___stage wearing a (18) _____pair____ of blue jeans and a bright, white, capped-sleeve T-shirt. It was the first time the T-shirt(19) ___had___been seen publicly as anything (20) ____except____ an item of underwear and it set a fashion trend that was to last through (21) ______to_______ the end of the century.              The idea for the T-shirt came (22) _____from _____ Brando himself. He had worn one at rehearsals for the play. The director was (23)___so___ impressed by the look that was created that he asked Brando to wear the shirt in the play itself. Brando may have seen the shirt being advertised by the American company Sears Roebuck. They had decided to market the shirt (24) _____a​s______ a fashionable garment in its (25) _____own_______ right, rather than just something to be worn (26) ___for___ warmth beneath a denim workshirt (27) _____or______ an army uniform.
 It was Brando, however, (28)__who__ popularized it, especially with (29)__the__ release of the film version of Streetcar in 1951. A short leather jacket completed the look that was to be adopted (30)__by__teenage rebels in many countries for decades afterwards