Winner of the Pulitzer Prize Tennessee Williams&s A Streetcar Named Desire is the tale of a catastrophic confrontation between fantasy & reality embodied in the characters of Blanche Du Bois & Stanley Kowalski This Penguin Modern Classics edition

Includes:: an introduction by Arthur Miller &I have always depended on the kindness of strangers& Fading southern belle Blanche Du Bois is adrift in the modern world When she arrives to stay with her sister Stella in a crowded boisterous corner of New Orleans her delusions of grandeur bring her into conflict with Stella&s crude brutish husband Stanley Kowalski Eventually their violent collision course causes Blanche&s fragile sense of identity to crumble threatening to destroy her sanity & her one chance of happiness Tennessee Williams&s steamy & shocking landmark drama recreated as the immortal film starring Marlon Brando is one of the most influential plays of the twentieth century Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) was born in Columbus Mississippi When his father a travelling salesman moved with his family to St Louis some years later both he & his sister found it impossible to settle down to city life He entered college during the Depression & left after a couple of years to take a clerical job in a shoe company He stayed there for two years spending the evenings writing He received a Rockefeller Fellowship in 1940 for his play Battle of Angels & he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1948 & 1955 Among his many other plays Penguin have published The Glass Menagerie (1944) The Rose Tattoo (1951) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955) Sweet Bird of Youth (1959) The Night of the Iguana (1961) & Small Craft Warnings (1972) If you enjoyed A Streetcar Named Desire you might like The Glass Menagerie also available in Penguin Modern Classics & Lyrical & poetic & human & heartbreaking & memorable & funny& Francis Ford Coppola director of The Godfather& One of the greatest American plays& Observer

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play A Streetcar Named Desire depicts a culture clash between Blanche Du Boisand her sister Stellas husband Stanley Kowalski Stella fears Blanche will upset her relationship with her husband a primal brutish & sensual force of nature Their final inevitable confrontation results in Blanche's mental annihilation Format PALLanguage English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) ...

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