Customer Reviews
"Talking about His Desire! His Brutal Desire! The name of that rattle trap streetcar that bangs throught the quater." - By: S. Howard, 19 May 2006 
This play is amazing, Tennesse Williams best by far! The contrast of Stanley & Blanche show the failings of American society, a fight of past & present, the old fashioned virtues & propriety of Blanche, versus the new modern animalistic nature of Stanley. Played out in bluesy New Orleans in the 1950's, the events lead to a hot bed of brutality & desire. Blanche's secrets are reveiled by an uncompromising Stanley, & Stella & Mitch can only look on. Alienated from society, & unable to adapt Blanche hangs on the edge of Lunacy, her only refuse is Mitch, & Stanley brutallly destroys it, He destroys everything Blanche is, He destroys Mitch's chance at happiness, & he Destroys Stella's relationship with her sister. he gets off scott free.
A true classic, classic dialogue & some of the most realistic characters ever seen in modern drama. It shows a thriving post war America, empitomised by Stanley, & shows alll the decadence & charm of New Orleans a great read!!! Watch the film with Vivien Leigh & Marlon Brando, its a great adaptation. Or watch it on stage, whatever you do, you will not be dissapointed! if i could give it 10 stars i would!!!!!!!!!!!
Tennessee Williams at his best - By: , 14 Jan 2006 "Whoever you are, I have always depended on the kindness of strangers". Blanche DuBois' immortal words sum up the dramtic tale at the heart of this play. Blanche is the traditional American "Southern Belle", having grown up into wealth & luxury on her family's plantation, "Belle Reve". Having lost the family fortune after her relatives die & leave her with nothing but debt, Blanche goes to visit her sister Stella, who is living in New Orleans with her husband, Stanley, a Polish immigrant. From the outset, there is a power struggle between Blanche (who believes Stella has married beneath her) & Stanley (who sees through Blanche's act). It later transpires that Blanche married very young but caught her new husband in bed with a man. Her husband then shot himself after Blanche told him that he was repulsive. Blanche then became a prostitute in order to pay off her family's debt. At the climax of the play, Stanley finallly overpowers Blanche when he rapes her, & the story ends with Blanche succumbing to insanity & being taken away by a doctor. "A Streetcar Named Desire" is an amazing play that certainly makes us question the reasons for society's tendency to ignore the taboo that is madness.
A glimpse into the darker side of society. - By: Ms. RL Lloyd, 09 Apr 2001 Williams' brilliant skill illustrates the decay of morality & the resulting insanity which follows. Set in 1940s America, the effects of the war & depression have taken their toll on Stella & Stanley Powalski & matters on proceed to become more unstable with the arrival of the melodramatic, wonderful, tragic Blance DuBois. Williams offers his audience a glimpse into the darker side of society - sexual abuse, drinking, gambling, swearing, wife-beating - & introduces characters who are brilliantly colourful bold & intriguing throughout. An excellent play by an excellent writer.
