Reality and fantasy in A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams 2 Articles

by Dolores Moore

"They told me to take a streetcar named Desire, then transfer to one called Cemeteries...get off at Elysian Fields!" (Blanche duBois Scene 1) As the play opens, we are straight into the reality of life, noise, shouting...read more

by Cicely Richard

"I don't want realism, I want magic." This line appears the 1947 Tennessee Willams' play "A Streetcar Named Desire" and is spoken by a woman who'd rather live in a world of fantasy than face the reality of her crumbling li...read more