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Oct 11, 2021 · A streetcar named Desire : A play in 3 acts. by. Williams, Tennessee. Publication date. 1947. Publisher. New york : Dramatists Play Service Inc. Collection. internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled.
A Streetcar Named Desire is a play written by Tennessee Williams and first performed on Broadway on December 3, 1947. The play dramatizes the experiences of Blanche DuBois , a former Southern belle who, after encountering a series of personal losses, leaves her once-prosperous situation to move into a shabby apartment in New Orleans rented by ...
- Tennessee Williams
- 1947
Script is for the first Broadway revival of the play, which opened at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre at Lincoln Center in New York City on April 26, 1973, and ran for a total of 110 performances.
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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 ...
Explosive, passionate, and heartrending, A Streetcar Named Desire is modern American theatre at its best. When fading Southern belle Blanche DuBois arrives on the doorstep of her sister Stella’s apartment building in New Orleans, she is unwittingly entering a lion’s den.
Jun 2, 2021 · 142 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : 18 cm. This 1947 play by Tennessee Williams won the Pulitizer Prize for drama in 1948.
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One of the most important plays of the twentieth century, A Streetcar Named Desire revolutionized the modern stage. This book offers the first continuous history of the play in production from 1947 to 1998 with an emphasis on the collaborative achievement of Tennessee Williams, Elia Kazan, and Jo Mielziner in the Broadway premiere.
