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A Streetcar Named Desire: Plays
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Winner of the 1948 Pulitzer Prize, A Streetcar Named Desire centers on the story of Blanche DuBois, a fragile relic of the Old South, and her brother-in-law, Stanley Kowalski, a steel brute trying to make it in the post-industrial age. Blanche arrives in New Orleans, claiming fatigue, but her concealed and manipulative neuroses play on Stanley's animalistic jealousy until the situation reaches a sweltering heat.
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"A Streetcar Named Desire" shows clear examples of tension in relationships, setting an intense mood for both the actors and audience consistently throughout the play. The different elements of tension have been shown very effectively by director Haplin to produce a worthwhile, unforgettable, truthful play for people to experience.
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A Streetcar Named Desire was nominated for twelve Academy Awards and won four. All four main players were nominated in their respective categories, and three of them won. This is how movies are supposed to be acted. Obviously, the first and foremost strong point to this film is the acting.
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Having said this, Streetcar would still be a play worth seeing if it were produced in Black Country accents and with a set of made of cardboard. The first half of the production is disappointing in some respects. One of the main faults, which seems to be a fault common to various contemporary productions, is the decision to play it for laughs. This may be a prejudice on the part of the reviewer, but it seems that in a play as deeply moving as Streetcar, pantomime humour is misplaced. The humour becomes a distraction rather than part of the play.
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For their 1970-71 season, the Chatham Community Players (Chatham, NJ) produced "A Streetcar Named Desire." And Rudy was hired to direct the production! Opening night was February 26, 1971, and it was performed in the Chatham Senior High School Auditorium. Jim Kirkwood played Stanley, Glenie Phillips was Stella, Peter Kerns was Steve, Victor Kuring was Mitch and Rozanne Kuring was Blanche.
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Before the play even begins you will already be impressed by the National Theatre's production of A Streetcar Named Desire. The set is shockingly good. A two-storey New Orleans house, complete with spiral iron staircase, dominates the stage. The imagined lethargic heat created by the warm colours and the many slowly revolving fans hanging from the ceiling can nearly be felt.
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