description: CAEDMON IS PROUD TO RELEASE THIS ARCHIVAL FULL-CAST RECORDING OF TENNESSEE WILLIAMS'S A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE ON CD FOR THE FIRST TIMEBlanche DuBois arrives at her sister Stella's New Orleans apartment seeking refuge from a troubled past-but her ethreal spirit irks Stella's husband, the loutish Stanley Kowalski. Crudely, relentlessly, he unmasks the lies and delusions that sustain Blanche, until her frail hold on reality is shockingly severed.This atmospheric recording of Tennessee Williams's powerful classic stars Rosemary Harris and James Farentino as Blanche and Stanley-roles they performed to acclaim in a smash revival at New York's Lincoln Center.
language: English
title: A Streetcar Named Desire
titlecomplete: A Streetcar Named Desire
characters: Harold "Mitch" Mitchell, Steve Hubbel, Eunice Hubbel, Stella Kowalski, Stanley Kowalski, Blanche DuBois
genres: Classics, Drama, Theatre, American, Plays, Read For School, School, 20th Century, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 302741
places: New Orleans, Louisiana, Louisiana, The United States of America
awards: awardedAt: -694281600000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Drama, awardedAt: -694281600000
name: New York Drama Critics' Circle Award
category: Best American Play
publisher: Signet