A Streetcar Named Desire

First published in 1947 ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ is an American play by Tennessee Williams an American playwright and screenwriter. Along with contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller he is considered among the three foremost playwrights of 20th-century American drama.</br>It centers on a desolated woman named Blanche DuBois. Raised in Old South aristocratic traditions she lived elegantly in the family homestead married a man she adored and pursued a career as an English teacher. But her life fell apart when she discovered that her husband Allen Grey was having a homosexual affair. Humiliated he killed himself. </br>Blanche sought comfort in the arms of other men many men. After she had relations with one of her students a 17-year-old authorities learned of the encounter and fired her. Though scarred by her past Blanche still tries to lead the life of an elegant lady and does her best even lying when necessary to keep up appearances.