Tennessee Williams's tender yet powerful Pulitzer Prize-winning 1947 play has long been considered a landmark of 20th century theatre. Artistic Director Gemma Bodinetz directs Amanda Drew as Blanche Dubois, Sam Troughton as Stanley Kowalski and Leanne Best as Stella Kowalski. A Streetcar Named Desire is at the Liverpool Playhouse from Friday 17th February to Saturday 10th March 2012.
Desperate times call for desperate measures as faded southern belle, Blanche Dubois escapes to the heat and the heart of New Orleans. But a dark past is hard to leave behind and when confronted for the first time with her brother-in-law Stanley Kowalski, the present soon turns ugly.
As the sweat and the dirt of the city soak into her fine lace and the blood pulses in her ears to the beat of red hot jazz, Blanche retreats into a world she once knew. A world that had long ago slipped away from her grasp, just as her life has now.
Tennessee Williams's tender yet powerful Pulitzer Prizewinning 1947 play has long been considered a landmark of 20th century theatre. Artistic Director Gemma Bodinetz directs another American classic following her critically acclaimed Playhouse productions of All My Sons and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
This will be the first Tennessee Williams produced by the Playhouse in over thirty years.
Friday 17th February to Saturday 10th March 2012
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
Liverpool Playhouse,
Williamson Square,
Liverpool
L1 1EL
Tickets: £10 - £21 – No Booking Fee
Box Office: 0151 709 4776
Online Booking (24-hour): www.everymanplayhouse.com
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