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A Streetcar Named Desire

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  6w, 6m

Tennessee Williams' explosive and groundbreaking drama ranks as one of the greatest plays of the twentieth century.

A Streetcar Named Desire

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    6w, 6m
  • Duration
    Duration
    More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
Accolades
Accolades
  • Winner! 1948 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
    Winner! Three 2023 Olivier Awards, including Best Revival of a Play
    Nominee: 1988 Tony Award for Best Revival
    Nominee: 2010 Olivier Award for Best Revival of a Play
    Nominee: 2015 Olivier Award for Best Revival of a Play

Details

Summary
After losing her Mississippi home to creditors, Blanche du Bois relocates to the New Orleans home of her younger sister and brother-in-law, Stella and Stanley Kowalski. Undermined by romantic illusions, Blanche is unable to cope with life's harsh realities. Though she finds a glimmer of hope while connecting with Stanley's gentlemanly friend, Mitch, Blanche cannot face the truth of her own troubled past and ultimately descends into madness.
History

A Streetcar Named Desire premiered on Broadway at the Barrymore Theatre in December 1947 under the direction of Elia Kazan.

WOMAN
EUNICE HUBBELL
STANLEY KOWALSKI
STELLA KOWALSKI
STEVE HUBBELL
HAROLD MITCHELL (MITCH)
MEXICAN WOMAN
BLANCHE DUBOIS
PABLO GONZALES
A YOUNG COLLECTOR
NURSE
DOCTOR
  • Setting Two rooms of the Kowalski apartment in the French Quarter of New Orleans
  • Duration More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • Cautions
    • Alcohol

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Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) explored passion with daring honesty and forged a poetic theatre of raw psychological insight that shattered conventional proprieties and transformed the American stage. The autobiographical The Glass Menagerie brought what Mr. Williams called “ ...
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