A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire
First edition (New Directions)
Written by	Tennessee Williams
Characters	Blanche DuBois Stella Kowalski Stanley Kowalski Harold "Mitch" Mitchell
Date premiered	December 3, 1947
Place premiered	Ethel Barrymore Theatre New York City, New York
Original language	English
Genre	Southern Gothic
Setting	The French Quarter and Downtown New Orleans

A Streetcar Named Desire is a play written by Tennessee Williams and first performed on Broadway on December 3, 1947.^[1] The play dramatizes the experiences of Blanche DuBois, a former Southern belle who, after encountering a series of personal losses, leaves her once-prosperous situation to move into a shabby apartment in New Orleans rented by her younger sister Stella and brother-in-law Stanley.

A Streetcar Named Desire is one of the most critically acclaimed plays of the 20th century^[2] and Williams's most popular work. It still ranks among his most performed plays, and has inspired many adaptations in other forms, notably a critically acclaimed film that was released in 1951.^[3]