Tennessee Williams' classic drama studies the emotional disintegration of a Southern woman whose last chance for happiness is destroyed by her vindictive brother-in-law.

After being exiled from her hometown of Auriol, Mississippi for seducing a seventeen-year-old boy at the school where she taught English, Blanche DuBois arrives unexpectedly at the New Orleans home of her pregnant sister Stella Kowalski and her Stella's husband Stanley. Stanley, both repulsed and attracted to Blanche, discovers that she has mortgaged property left to both sisters and spent all the money whereby he sets about discovering everything...

A completely uncensored adaptation that presents Tennessee Williams' play with all its original power and emotional impact. From the moment Blanche DuBois meets her brother-in-law Stanley Kowalski, her false refinement and desperate face-saving lies put her on an explosive collision course with his primal physicality.

Blanche Dubois visits her sister and her husband Stanley, and he immediately dislikes her. Friction builds between the two of them when they are left in the apartment together.

A repressed widow visits her sister in New Orleans and is abused and eventually driven mad by her brother-in-law.

Exhaustively researched and almost flirtatiously opinionated, When Blanche Met Brando is everything a fan needs to know about the ground-breaking New York and London stage productions of Williams' "Streetcar" as well as the classic Brando/Leigh film. Sam Staggs' interviews with all the living cast members of each production will enhance what's known about the play and movie, and help make this book satisfying as both a pop culture read and as a deeper...

Contains the full text of three of Williams' plays plus original cast listings and production notes. The text used for each play was corrected and revised by the playwright in preparation for publication.