"What was the first name of the playwright Williams who wrote ""A Streetcar Named Desire""?"
A Streetcar Named Desire 30, 1947, four days before the opening of "A Streetcar Named Desire". Another version of this essay, entitled "The Catastrophe of Success", is sometimes used as an introduction to "The Glass Menagerie". On October 1, 2009, Swann Galleries auctioned an unusually fine copy of "A Streetcar Named Desire", New York, 1947, signed by Williams and dated 1976 for $9,000, a record price for a signed copy of the play. A Streetcar Named Desire A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1947 play written by American playwright Tennessee Williams that received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. The play opened on
A Streetcar Named Desire in the Bywater district, and back up to Canal. Blanche's route in the play—"They told me to take a streetcar named Desire, transfer to one called Cemeteries and ride six blocks and get off at—Elysian Fields!"—is allegorical, taking advantage of New Orleans's colorful street names: the Desire line itself crossed Elysian Fields Avenue on its way to Canal Street. There, one could transfer to the Cemeteries line, which ran along Canal, blocks away from Elysian Fields. The character of Blanche is thought to be based on Williams' sister, Rose Williams, who struggled with mental health issues and became incapacitated after