1. The WORLD OF THE PLAY
1.1. Middle-Class Region of New Orleans
1.2. A Self-Sufficient Neighborhood (Elysian Fields)
1.3. Near to a Waterbody
1.4. There is a shift of season from summer(may) to fall (july) to winter (september)
1.5. DIVERSIFIED (Eunice, “Coloured Women”, and “Negro Entertainers”)
1.6. Single Apartment/Condo
1.7. “This ‘Blue Piano’ expresses the spirit of life which goes on here”.
2. Why should this play be PERFORMED NOW?
2.1. To inform the audience about the disrespect towards women with mental instability.
2.2. To reinforce the importance of being honest and straightforward.
2.3. To show the audience the correct-way of “moving on” with tragic/shocking events in life, and not become dependent on anything (permanently).
3. STYLISTIC CLUES
3.1. Blanche’s Dresses
3.2. Naming a Streetcar
3.3. The design of the entrance of the apartment.
3.4. The blue piano
3.5. Bowling Alley
3.6. Poker Games
3.7. The Chinese Paper lamp
3.8. Whiskey
4. Who are the CHARACTERS?
4.1. Blanche Dubois
4.1.1. Protagonist
4.1.2. Mentally Unstable
4.1.3. Desperate for Love
4.1.4. Thinks of herself as a superior
4.1.5. Lives in Dreams and Not in Reality
4.2. Stella Dubois
4.2.1. Blanche’s Sister
4.2.2. Stanley’s Wife
4.2.3. Wants to comfort Blanche
4.2.4. Loves Stanley
4.2.5. The Neutral Side
4.3. Stanley Kowalski
4.3.1. Stella’s Husband
4.3.2. Acts aggressively when under influence of Alcohol
4.3.3. Loves Stella
4.3.4. Has a grudge on Blanche
4.3.5. Wants Blanche to leave as soon as possible
4.3.6. Doesn't like to lose at poker
4.3.7. Realist
4.3.8. Middle-Class Hard Worker
4.4. Mitch
4.4.1. Stanley’s friend
4.4.2. Has a terminally sick mother
4.4.3. Falls for Blanche
4.4.4. Realizes the truth with bitterness
4.4.5. Doesn’t Attend Blanche’s Birthday as he feels betrayed
4.4.6. Elderly
4.5. Eunice
4.5.1. The Neighbor who often acts as a consoling person towards Blanche and Stella.
4.5.2. Wife of Steve
4.6. The Doctor
4.6.1. Appears in the finale of the play
4.6.2. An important character in order to bring a change in Blanche
5. the SHAPE of the play
6. Further Information that I want to know
6.1. How can it be modernized?
6.2. What are the techniques for actors in order to play the characters of the play?
7. Why this play GRABBED me?
7.1. Unusual Start
7.2. Descriptive and Vivid Imagery
7.3. Flow of Events
7.4. Changes in the background music
7.5. Dialogues
7.6. Uncertainty of Character’s Past
8. What might an AUDIENCE GET from the play?
8.1. Youth (Young Audience)
8.1.1. Fighting and Conflict
8.1.2. Poker
8.1.3. Uncertainty
8.2. Middle-Aged
8.2.1. Mental Conflict
8.2.2. Physical Assault
8.2.3. Unstable Relationships
8.2.4. The “Ego” of being superior amongst others
8.2.5. Dislike
8.2.6. Blanche’s Desperation for Love
8.3. Old
8.3.1. Conflicted Relationships
8.3.2. Assault
8.3.3. Uncomfort
8.3.4. Sympathy for Stella (Initially)
8.3.5. Sympathy for Blanche (towards the end of the play)