'A Streetcar Named Desire is a play of mythological centrality, redefining American Theatre with its indelible heightened poetic naturalism, breaking down the taboo that sexual obsession and sexual violence could not be shown on stage...' Trevor...
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'A Streetcar Named Desire is a play of mythological centrality, redefining American Theatre with its indelible heightened poetic naturalism, breaking down the taboo that sexual obsession and sexual violence could not be shown on stage...' Trevor Nunn. Cover -- Contents -- Tennessee Williams: 1911-1983 -- Plot -- Commentary -- Williams's writing: repressed self-knowledge? -- An American context -- Southern roots and European influences -- Structure: eleven one-act plays united by a purpose? -- From The Poker Night to Streetcar: approaches to character -- Poet of the theatre/successful showman? -- Production history of A Streetcar Named Desire -- Further reading -- A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE -- Notes -- Stills from the 1951 film version directed by Elia Kazan -- Questions for further study.
