... featured the work of a Broadway all-star team. Streetcar chronicles Blanche DuBois' search for protection and eventual mental breakdown at the hands of her sister's husband, Stanley Kowalski. When Blanche arrives in New Orleans, she and Stanley's clashing personalities are made apparent from the start. She is tender, proper, and a bit delusional, while he represents tough reality and the brutal nature of ... a director and, likely, his sexist nature (Murphy 29). Still, Kazan very much took a back seat to Williams on artistic matters on Streetcar, most importantly the depth of Blanch and ...

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