All the Drama: “A Streetcar Named Desire,” 1948 Winner, Pulitzer Prize for Drama

All The Drama is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of deep dives into the plays that have won The Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

The Pulitzer Prize for Drama: "A Streetcar Named Desire"
1948 Pulitzer winner “A Streetcar Named Desire”, by Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams Wikipedia page
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Williams

A Streetcar Named Desire Wikipedia page
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Streetcar_Named_Desire

“Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation” by Nancy Schoenberger
https://www.amazon.com/Blanche-Tennessee-Williamss-Greatest-Creation/dp/0062947176/

A Streetcar Named Desire script
https://www.concordtheatricals.com/s/7432/a-streetcar-named-desire

A Streetcar Named Desire (New Directions Paperbook) Paperback
https://www.amazon.com/Streetcar-Named-Desire-Directions-Paperbook/dp/0811216020/

“First Night at the Theatre” 1947 review by Brooks Atkinson, The New York Times
https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/00/12/31/specials/williams-streetcar.html

“A Streetcar Named Success” by Tennessee Williams, The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/1947/11/30/archives/on-a-streetcar-named-success-tennessee-williams-on-a-streetcar.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXhvmBE-2jI

Tennessee Williams (uncomfortable) interview on the Dick Cavett show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXhvmBE-2jI

“Tennessee Williams Is Dead at 71,” New York Times obit by Mel Gussow
https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/00/12/31/specials/williams-obit.html

“When Blanche Met Brando: The Scandalous Story of A Streetcar Named Desire” by Sam Staggs
https://www.amazon.com/When-Blanche-Met-Brando-Scandalous/dp/031232166X/

“Memoirs” by Tennessee Williams
https://www.amazon.com/Memoirs-Tennessee-Williams/dp/0811216691/

“Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh” by John Lahr
https://www.amazon.com/Tennessee-Williams-Mad-Pilgrimage-Flesh/dp/0393351653/

“Tennessee Williams 101” by Augustin J. Correro 
https://www.amazon.com/Tennessee-Williams-101-Augustin-Correro/dp/1455625345/

The Streetcar Project
https://www.thestreetcarproject.com/

The Simpsons: “A Street Named Marge” Episode 2, Season 4 of the Simpsons
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Streetcar_Named_Marge

Video of the 1951 film directed by Elia Kazan with Vivien Leigh as Blanche and Marlon Brando as Stanley
https://www.amazon.com/Streetcar-Named-Desire-Vivien-Leigh/dp/B008Q07HT8/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMvh6_nysjk

Video of the 1984 TV movie with Ann-Margret, Treat Williams, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMvh6_nysjk

Audio recording of the 1973 revival with Rosemary Harris as Blanche and James Farentino as Stanley
https://www.audible.com/pd/A-Streetcar-Named-Desire-Dramatized-Audiobook/B002VACERO

Audio recording of the Williamstown Theatre production directed by Robert O’Hara with Audra McDonald as Blanche, Ariel Shafir as Stanley and Carla Gugino as Stella
https://www.amazon.com/A-Streetcar-Named-Desire/dp/B08NWBVS5V/

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Jan Simpson is a theater journalist who writes the blog Broadway& Me and hosts the BroadwayRadio podcasts Stagecraft and All The Drama. She has twice served as a Pulitzer Prize juror.