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Starring Rosemary Harris as the vulnerable Blanche DuBois, this dazzling drama of love, lust, and unbridled passion set against the steamy backdrop of New Orleans is an unrivaled classic of modern American theatre. This recording features the cast of the smash revival in 1973 at Lincoln Center. --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

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The story of Blanche DuBois and her last grasp at happiness, and of Stanley Kowalski, the one who destroyed her chance.

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The exterior of a two-story corner building on a street in New Orleans which is named Elysian Fields and runs between the L & N tracks and the river. Read the first page

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4.0 out of 5 stars Handle Like Hendrix reviews A Streetcar Named Desire, Jan 17 2010

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C. Dey "HandleLikeHendrix" (Winnipeg, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Streetcar Named Desire (Paperback)

I read this play for school and I had heard of it before but I thought it was a novel, not a play. Before reading this play, the only plays I had read were Cyrano and quite a few by Shakespeare which are plays from before the 20th century I am pretty sure. Luckily for me A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE was written in the 20th century so I found it easy to understand and follow. The characters were well developed (though I am not surprised seeing as Vivian Leigh starred in the film version).

This play was also funny, especially with the character Stanley. Some lines in this play I will not easily forget and some parts I would even like to write down for future reference.

What I really liked about this play was that all or almost all of the scenes were in Stanley and Stella's house (of course they didn't just stay there, there was mention of places they had been off stage). I just found that to be comforting and easy to visualize and I really don't like change so this suited me just fine.

Because this play was so easy to visualize, I could picture it and hear the actors voices. I loved Mitch and Blanche together and all the characters had likable and not likable characteristics, making them realistic.

I read that Tennessee Williams also wrote THE GLASS MENAGERIE, I want to read that as well.

4.5/5

reviewed by Callie at Handle Like Hendrix

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4.0 out of 5 stars Unexpectedly Good, Mar 7 2011

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Manley H - See all my reviews

This review is from: Streetcar Named Desire (Paperback)

I love watching plays but never really enjoyed reading them too much because of the lack of progression in my opinion. But I picked this up and just had to keep reading it! It's simple but interesting to have you hooked. The characters are interesting as well and all have different personalities that I think those reading will get a laugh out of and maybe even frustrated over.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Crushing play, Dec 13 2007

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Benjamin Anderson (Fredericton, NB CAN) - See all my reviews
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Such a great play. It sucks you in and puts you face to face with Stanley. What an antihero, too. Engrossing and depressing - worth your time.

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