A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire:...aily Classroom Activities

Open presentation: Link

Primary Sources:

Classroom Sources:

Supplemental Sources:

  • Full movie (1951) starring Marlon Brando and Vivian Leigh (on Amazon Prime): Link

  • 1951 Movie Trailer: Click here

  • Full movie (1995) starring Alec Baldwin and Jessica Lange: Link

  • Full stage production: Link

  • Original review of Streetcar from 1951 Variety magazine: Link

  • Paris Review Interview of Williams: Link or Link

  • Bio of Tennessee Williams: Link

  • Tennessee Williams interview about Marlon Brando: Link

  • Crash Course Theater about Tennessee Williams and Streetcar: Link

  • Cate Blanchett interviewed by Charlie Rose while playing Blanche on Broadway: Link

  • Wikipedia on Streetcar: Link

  • Sparknotes on Streetcar: Link

  • 15 facts about Streetcar from Mental Floss: Link

  • Interview with author of Tennessee Williams biography, John Lahr: Link

  • Song Williams listened to repeatedly while composing play (Memoirs, p.110): Click here

  • Buy your own copy: Click here

  • Broadway Production: Click here

  • The Glass Menagerie (another Tennessee Williams play) Homepage: Click here

"The Poker Night" by Thomas Benton

See p. 213-4 of Letters, vol. 2