A Streetcar Named Desire – Crucible Theatre
All that exceptional theatre should be. An A-Z of how it should be done!
Tennesse Williams’ Pulitzer Prize winning classic tale of emotional issues is given a splendidly simmering but still honest revival at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield this month. We are instantly transported to the heady, sultry streets of New Orleans in the 1940’s where a jadedly delicate and neurotic southern belle, Blanche Dubois seeks solace with her sister Stella and her brutish husband Stanley. As a battle for Stella’s heart is warred between Blanche and Stanley and the southern stifling heat is only matched by the intense heat of the futile feud. Blanche’s southern belle charm and airs and graces are transparent to Stanley and secrets of the past are unearthed, thus both sisters must choose between reality...