Critical Review Of A Streetcar Named Desire

On Thursday, December 10th at 7:30pm, a friend and I saw the play A Streetcar Named Desire. This play too place at the UW-La Crosse Center for the Arts and Tennessee Williams created this romantic drama production. The plot of this story takes place in a 1940’s New Orleans setting, in a run down old duplex where actors, Stanley and Stella Kowalski live. The house is really run down and looks as if it is falling apart, however I quite enjoyed the scene. I especially liked how the furniture, fridge, ext. fit the time era bringing you right back to the 1940’s. There are several important characters but I would say the most important are Stanley Kowalski, Stella Kowalski, and Blanche Dubois. The story goes that Blanche has come to help Stella through …show more content…
As a result of this dramatic scene, Stella and Blanche ran upstairs to get away from Stanley who was being restrained by his comrades. Later that night Stanley realized that he really messed up and begged for Stella’s forgiveness at the bottom of the stairs outside of their apartment. What really threw me off was not the fact that Stella forgave him after physically abusing her; it’s the fact that she slept with him after the incident. The scenery and props that were used during this part of the play gave a great platform to intensify and make this scene a lot more realistic. For example, on stage left there was a dining table, which was covered with empty beer bottles and hard liquor from when Stanley, Mitch, Steve, and Pablo were all playing poker. Stanley obviously gets very aggressive when he consumes too much alcohol and the actor portrayed this characteristic very …show more content…
One thing I noticed was that as the drama started to build, so did the lighting to give the audience a more clear view for what was really taking place. This scene stood out the most to me because there was so many things going on that it was almost impossible to not be closely examining the situation. This scene also in sense showed everyone’s true colors. Stanley displayed that things always have to go his way or else he will throw a fit. Blanche showed that she truly does care for her sister and wanted her to be with someone better than Stanley that she voiced the next morning. Stella came across as very submissive due to the fact that she forgave and slept with Stanley in the same night that this incident happened. Overall, the cast and production team behind this great play lead to a dramatic and thrilling scene that I will definitely remember for quite a