Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire won the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Charting the tragic downfall of Southern Belle Blanche DuBois, the show is a cornerstone of American theater which has transfixed audiences for more than half a century.
A Streetcar Named Desire tells the iconic story of a fading society lady with a heart-shaped box of secrets. After the collapse of her old world, Blanche DuBois arrives in New Orleans' steamy French Quarter to make a new life with her sister. But she hasn't banked on her brother-in-law Stanley – a brutish, sensual man determined to uncover the truth at all costs. As the claustrophobic tension between the two escalates, a conflict begins which will take Blanche to the very edges of her sanity.
A Streetcar Named Desire is an elegant meditation on deceit and desire which made Williams' name as a playwright. This taut, compelling masterpiece is a real slice of Broadway history.
A Streetcar Named Desire made its Broadway debut in December 1947. Frequent revivals have brought fame to stars including Marlon Brando, Faye Dunaway and Blythe Danner.