A Streetcar Named Desire

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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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instanceOf play
theatrical work
actCount 11
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surface form: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film)

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surface form: 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 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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Pablo Gonzales appearsIn A Streetcar Named Desire
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