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A Streetcar Named Desire

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A Streetcar Named Desire is a play written bi Tennessee Williams that appent on Broadway on 3 December 1947. [1] The play dramatises the life o Blanche DuBois , a soothren belle wha, efter haein a series o personal losses, leaves her aristocratic backgrund seekin refuge wi her sister an brither-in-law in a rin-doon New Orleans tenement.

A Streetcar Named Desire is Williams' maist weel-kent play, is conseidert amang the finest plays o the 20t yeirhunner, an is conseidert bi many tae be Williams' greatest wark. [1] It won the Pullitzer Prize for drama in 1948 and Williams wis addit tae the Theater Hall of Fame in 1979. [2] It aye ranks amang his maist performed plays, includin in 1949 London performance wi Vivien Leigh in the heid role, [3] an it haes inspired mony adaptations in ither forms, includin ae critically acclaimed film that wis lowsed in 1951. [4]

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  1. a b Williams, Tennessee (1995). A Streetcar Named Desire. Introduction and text. Oxford: Heinemann Educational Publishers .
  2. Johnston, Laurie (19 November 1979). "Theater Hall of Fame Enshrines 51 Artists" . The New York Times (in Inglis). ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 15 November 2022 .
  3. "Production of A Streetcar Named Desire | Theatricalia" . theatricalia.com . Retrieved 15 November 2022 .
  4. Production notes. December 3, 1947?December 17, 1949 IBDb.com