• A Streetcar Named Desire is a play from writer Tennessee Williams that debuted in 1947 and went on to become one of his best known works.

• Fast Facts

  1. Writer: Tennessee Williams
  2. Setting: French Quarter, New Orleans just after World War II
  3. Premiere Date: December 3, 1947
  4. Adaptations: Movie
  5. Won Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948
  6. Marlon Brando appeared both on-stage and in the 1951 film adaptation

• Synopsis

  The play revolves around an aging southern belle (Blanche Dubois) with her head in the clouds who has no choice but to face reality when she visits her sister (Stella Kowalski) and working-class brother-in-law (Stanley Kowalski) in New Orleans.

• Characters

  • Blanche Dubois
  • Stella Kowalski
  • Stanley Kowalski
  • Harold Mitchell

• Famous Quotes

  • "I know I fib a good deal. After all, a woman's charm is 50% illusion." - Blanche

  • "Whoever you are-- I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." - Blanche

  • "You know what luck is? Luck is believing you're lucky, that's all..." - Stanley

  • "He's like an animal. He has an animal's habits. There's even something subhuman about him." - Blanche

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