A Streetcar Named Desire
Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams, one of the most provocative and widely respected playwrights in the modern theater, was born on Columbus, Mississippi, but moved at an early age to St. Louis, where he began writing during his school days. He moved to Memphis, then went to the University of Iowa, from which he graduated in 1938. The Glass Menagerie brought Tennessee Williams the N.Y. Drama Critics' Circle Prize and the Sidney Howard Memorial from the Playwrights Company. Subsequent successes include A Streetcar Named Desire, Summer and Smoke, Camino Real, Orpheus Descending, Night of the Iguana, and more. Fifteen of his plays have been made into films. Mr. Williams died in 1983.
~ Publication Date: 1951
~ Setting:
A Streetcar Named Desire is set in the residence of the Kowalskis located in a poor, yet charming neighborhood of the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana.
~ Main Characters:
Blanche Dubois - She overly sensitive and, proud of......
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