Streetcar Named Desire, A

American  

noun

1. a play (1947) by Tennessee Williams.

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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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Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times

Anderson won for her role as Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire - a part she had coveted for 30 years.

From BBC

If you have read this far, you probably need no reminding of what’s on it: “On the Waterfront,” “A Streetcar Named Desire,” “A Face in the Crowd,” “East of Eden,” “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” and “Death of a Salesman,” on film, stage or both, all between 1949 and 1957.

From New York Times

KIM HUNTER, 79, actress best remembered for her visceral, sexually charged Oscar-winning portrayal of Stella in the movie version of A Streetcar Named Desire, a role she originated on Broadway with Marlon Brando; in New York City.

From Time Magazine Archive