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  Streetcar Named Desire, A

  noun

  a play (1947) by Tennessee Williams.
• A Streetcar Named Desire
  A Streetcar Named Desire

  (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.”

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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Streetcar Named Desire, A A Streetcar Named Desire

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

On stage, she made her Broadway debut in 1992 as Stella in "A Streetcar Named Desire" opposite Jessica Lange and Alec Baldwin.

From Barron's ● Mar. 15, 2026

In theatre, she won an Olivier award for her role as Stella Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire in 2023.

From BBC ● May 29, 2024

It was only the third film in Oscar history to win three of the four acting awards, following 1951's "A Streetcar Named Desire" and 1976's "Network."

From Reuters ● Mar. 13, 2023

Those were hosted by actor Karl Malden, who won an Academy Award for his role in 1951's "A Streetcar Named Desire" opposite Marlon Brando.

From Salon ● May 8, 2021

I had read A Streetcar Named Desire and The Glass Menagerie and, like everyone, I thought Williams was a genius.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos