A Street Car Named Desire First Edition First Printing

1st Edition in Very Fine Condition Published in 1947 by New Directions. A Streetcar Named Desire is a play written by Tennessee Williams and first performed on Broadway on December 3, 1947. The Pulitzer Prize winning play dramatizes the experiences of Blanche DuBois, a former Southern belle who, after encountering a series of personal losses, leaves her once-prosperous situation to move into a shabby apartment in New Orleans rented by her younger sister Stella and brother-in-law Stanley. A Streetcar Named Desire is one of the most critically acclaimed plays of the 20th century and Williams's most popular work. It still ranks among his most performed plays, and has inspired many adaptations in other forms, notably a critically acclaimed film that was released in 1951.Starring Marlon Brando.