A Streetcar Named Desire

Blanche DuBois arrives at the cramped New Orleans apartment shared by her sister Stella and Stella's husband Stanley Kowalski. Blanche's cultivated stories and nervous fragility collide with Stanley's suspicion, physical authority, and determination to uncover her past.

Translucent walls, heat, street sound, tight blocking, and Alex North's score make the apartment porous and oppressive; Vivien Leigh's ornate speech and Marlon Brando's bodily directness create conflict before either character's history is fully known.