Question: who said i've always depended on the kindness of strangers
Answer: 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