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Streetcar Named Desire, A

American  

noun

  1. a play (1947) by Tennessee Williams.

A Streetcar Named Desire Cultural  

  1. (1947) A Pulitzer Prize –winning play by Tennessee Williams about the decline and tragic end of Blanche DuBois, a southern belle who, as she puts it, has “always depended on the kindness of strangers.”

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A Streetcar Named Desire A reimagining of Tennessee Williams' classic drama places the action in a contemporary, multicultural urban setting.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2018

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