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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	play → theatrical work →
actCount	11 →
adaptedInto	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film) → A Streetcar Named Desire (opera) → A Streetcar Named Desire (television films) →
author	Tennessee Williams →
awarded	Pulitzer Prize for Drama →
awardYear	1948 →
broadwayRunEndDate	1949-12-17 →
broadwayRunStartDate	1947-12-03 →
countryOfOrigin	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 →
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 →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Claire Bloom → Claire Bloom ("A Streetcar Named Desire (stage)") → Elia Kazan → Elia Kazan → Gillian Anderson → Jessica Lange ("A Streetcar Named Desire (stage production)") → Marlon Brando → Tennessee Williams → Vivien Leigh →	notableWork
A Streetcar Named Desire ("A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film)") → A Streetcar Named Desire ("A Streetcar Named Desire (opera)") → A Streetcar Named Desire ("A Streetcar Named Desire (television films)") →	adaptedInto
Elia Kazan → Elia Kazan →	directed
Southern Gothic →	associatedWithWork
Rachel Weisz →	awardReceivedFor
Elia Kazan →	directedPlay
Tennessee Williams →	hasSignatureWork