A Streetcar Named Desire

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play theatrical work

A Streetcar Named Desire is a landmark American play by Tennessee Williams that explores desire, mental instability, and social decay in postwar New Orleans.

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Label	Occurrences
A Streetcar Named Desire canonical	49
A Streetcar Named Desire (1947 play)	6
A Streetcar Named Desire (stage production)	4
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film)	3
"A Streetcar Named Desire" (original Broadway production)	1
1951 film A Streetcar Named Desire	1
A Streetcar Named Desire (Academy Award for Best Actress)	1
A Streetcar Named Desire (film, 1951)	1
A Streetcar Named Desire (opera)	1
A Streetcar Named Desire (play, 1947)	1
A Streetcar Named Desire (stage roles, general association as a classical actress)	1
A Streetcar Named Desire (stage)	1
A Streetcar Named Desire (television films)	1
A Streetcar Named Desire universe	1
Act 1 of A Streetcar Named Desire	1
Act I of A Streetcar Named Desire	1
Act II of A Streetcar Named Desire	1
illustrates Blanche DuBois’s struggle between desire and propriety	1

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author	Tennessee Williams ⓘ
awarded	Pulitzer Prize for Drama ⓘ
awardYear	1948 ⓘ
broadwayRunEndDate	1949-12-17 ⓘ
broadwayRunStartDate	1947-12-03 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
filmAdaptationDirector	Elia Kazan ⓘ
filmAdaptationLeadActor	Karl Malden ⓘ Kim Hunter ⓘ Marlon Brando ⓘ Vivien Leigh ⓘ
filmAdaptationReleaseYear	1951 ⓘ
firstPerformanceCity	New York City ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate	1947-12-03 ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace	Ethel Barrymore Theatre ⓘ
firstPublicationYear	1947 ⓘ
genre	Southern Gothic ⓘ drama ⓘ tragedy ⓘ
hasCharacter	A Negro Woman ⓘ Blanche DuBois ⓘ Eunice Hubbell ⓘ Harold "Mitch" Mitchell ⓘ Pablo Gonzales ⓘ Stanley Kowalski ⓘ Stella Kowalski ⓘ Steve Hubbell ⓘ The Doctor ⓘ The Mexican Woman ⓘ The Nurse ⓘ The Young Collector ⓘ
mainSubject	desire ⓘ mental instability ⓘ social decay ⓘ
notableQuote	I have always depended on the kindness of strangers. ⓘ
numberOfBroadwayPerformances	855 ⓘ
originalBroadwayCity	New York City ⓘ
originalBroadwayDirector	Elia Kazan ⓘ
originalBroadwayTheatre	Ethel Barrymore Theatre ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
originalLanguageCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
producer	Irene Mayer Selznick ⓘ
publisherOfFirstEdition	New Directions ⓘ
settingLocation	New Orleans ⓘ
settingTime	post–World War II era ⓘ
structure	eleven scenes ⓘ
theme	class conflict ⓘ decline of the Southern aristocracy ⓘ gender roles ⓘ illusion versus reality ⓘ sexual violence ⓘ

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