A Streetcar Named Desire
/ə ˌstriːtkɑː neɪmd dɪˈzaɪə(r)/
/ə ˌstriːtkɑːr neɪmd dɪˈzaɪər/
- a powerful play (1947) by the US writer Tennessee Williams which won the Pulitzer Prize. The main characters are a rough and aggressive man called Stanley Kowalski and his wife's delicate sister Blanche DuBois who is driven mad by Kowalski when she visits them in New Orleans. A film version (1951) directed by Elia Kazan, with Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh, won four Oscars.
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A Streetcar Named Desire