Description
Tennessee Williams's seminal masterpiece, A Streetcar Named Desire, plunges into the heart of post-war New Orleans, exploring the collision of fragile gentility and raw, primal desire. The play centers on Blanche DuBois, a faded Southern belle whose illusions of grandeur are shattered when she seeks refuge with her sister Stella and her volatile, working-class husband, Stanley Kowalski. As Blanche clings to her fabricated reality, Stanley's suspicion and brutality relentlessly chip away at her defenses, leading to a devastating confrontation that exposes the raw truths beneath their carefully constructed lives. This enduring drama delves into themes of illusion versus reality, the decay of the Old South, and the destructive power of desire and societal change.
Available Editions
paperback
Verlag Moritz Diesterweg GmbH & Co., Frankfurt am Main.
Published Jan 1, 1981
107 pages
ISBN: 9780822210894
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Details
First Published
1947
Language
eng
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