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Full-Length Play, Drama / 6w, 6m
Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams’ explosive and groundbreaking drama ranks as one of the greatest plays of the 20th century.
Winner! 1948 Pulitzer Prize for DramaWinner! Three 2023 Olivier Awards, including Best Revival of a PlayNominee: 1988 Tony Award for Best RevivalNominee: 2010 Olivier Award for Best Revival of a PlayNominee: 2015 Olivier Award for Best Revival of a Play
After losing her Mississippi home to creditors, Blanche duBois 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.
Tennessee Williams’ explosive and groundbreaking drama ranks as one of the greatest plays of the 20th century
A Streetcar Named Desire premiered on Broadway at the Barrymore Theatre on 3 December 1947. Directed by Elia Kazan, the production featured Marlon Brando, Jessica Tandy, Kim Hunter and Karl Malden.
Two rooms of the Kowalski flat in the French Quarter of New Orleans. 1940s.
“Profoundly human… a quietly woven study of intangibles.” – The New York Times
“An impressive and strong, wholly believable play… and the most impressive one to have turned up this season. The play builds slowly to a shocking climax and shows Williams’ poetic talent and deep insight into human nature, making it a mature and significant work.” – The New Yorker
“Like The Glass Menagerie, the new play is a quietly woven study of intangibles... it shows deeper insight and represents a great step forward toward clarity. And it reveals Mr. Williams as a genuinely poetic playwright whose knowledge of people is honest and thorough and whose sympathy is profoundly human.” – Brooks Atkinson, The New York Times
A Streetcar Named Desire Trailer - National Theatre
A Streetcar Named Desire - Highlights
Image: 2025 Brooklyn Academy of Music Production (Julieta Cervantes)