The play invited and rewarded risk — sexually, politically, and critically. Streetcar is a play about sexual politics. Its language, simultaneously blunt and scintillating, welcomed taboo subjects — homosexuality, nymphomania, and many forms of desire. Streetcar singlehandedly defined desire in 1947 and continues to in each succeeding decade of performance. Williams’ script celebrated the male form as a sexual icon while boldly investigating feminine desire, and rejoicing in the seduction of both genders. Streetcar flaunted censorship, and continues to in the theatre and in the academic world, defying boundaries around intimacy and
The play invited and rewarded risk — sexually, politically, and critically. Streetcar is a play about sexual politics. Its language, simultaneously blunt and scintillating, welcomed taboo subjects — homosexuality, nymphomania, and many forms of desire. Streetcar singlehandedly defined desire in 1947 and continues to in each succeeding decade of performance. Williams’ script celebrated the male form as a sexual icon while boldly investigating feminine desire, and rejoicing in the seduction of both genders. Streetcar flaunted censorship, and continues to in the theatre and in the academic world, defying boundaries around intimacy and