National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire
National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire

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- 83/100 based on 1,083 votes
  • Released: 2014
  • Runtime: 174 mins
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  • Studio: National Theatre
  • Genres: Drama

Set in the French Quarter of New Orleans during the restless years following World War Two, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE is the story of Blanche DuBois, a fragile and neurotic woman on a desperate prowl for someplace in the world to call her own. After being exiled from her hometown of Laurel, Mississippi for seducing a seventeen-year-old boy at the school where she taught English, Blanche explains her unexpected appearance on Stanley and Stella's (Blanche's sister) doorstep as n... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire:

Gillian Anderson
Ben Foster
Vanessa Kirby
Corey Johnson
Clare Burt
Branwell Donaghey

Full Plot Details

Set in the French Quarter of New Orleans during the restless years following World War Two, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE is the story of Blanche DuBois, a fragile and neurotic woman on a desperate prowl for someplace in the world to call her own. After being exiled from her hometown of Laurel, Mississippi for seducing a seventeen-year-old boy at the school where she taught English, Blanche explains her unexpected appearance on Stanley and Stella's (Blanche's sister) doorstep as nervous exhaustion. This, she claims, is the result of a series of financial calamities which have recently claimed the family plantation, Belle Reve. Suspicious, Stanley points out that "under Louisiana's Napoleonic code what belongs to the wife belongs to the husband." Stanley, a sinewy and brutish man, is as territorial as a panther. He tells Blanche he doesn't like to be swindled and demands to see the bill of sale. This encounter defines Stanley and Blanche's relationship. They are opposing camps and Stella is caught in no-man's-land. But Stanley and Stella are deeply in love. Blanche's efforts to impose herself between them only enrages the animal inside Stanley. When Mitch - a card-playing buddy of Stanley's - arrives on the scene, Blanche begins to see a way out of her predicament. Mitch, himself alone in the world, reveres Blanche as a beautiful and refined woman. Yet, as rumors of Blanche's past in Laurel begin to catch up to her, her circumstances become unbearable.

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User Review - 10/10 by debbie lI have no words for this incredible modern take of the classic Tennessee Williams play thanks to Benedict Andrews and the magnificent Blanche DuBois of Gillian Anderson!
User Review - 10/10 by Dylan WGillian Anderson was absolutely brilliant.
User Review - 10/10 by Amy TMesmerizing and brilliant. Gillian Anderson transforms completely into Blanche. Emotionally heavy in just the right way. Unforgettable performances all around. A must see!
User Review - 10/10 by Helen RJust brilliant, Anderson had me completely convinced, she utterly transformed herself into blanch. Fantastic cast, exhausting to watch, in a good way.
User Review - 8/10 by Bradley HGillian Anderson is fantastic as Blanche, taking full advantage of what that role offers. Ben Foster made a few surprising choices with Stanley, which worked out well. On a critical note, a couple of the British actors seemed to have trouble maintaining an American South dialect. As for production choices, the device of the revolving platform and in-the-round seating seemed to work well. But, the visual updating of the time period (the lines were not altered) did not seem to serve a purpose. The music choices were generally quite good and played in well with a solidly utilized style of scene change. However, there were a few music cues that seemed a bit too jarring for the moments in which they were placed. Overall, this is a filmed theatrical production worth seeing on the strength of Anderson's performance alone.
User Review - 8/10 by Linzi TOne to see. Gillian Anderson impressive as always.

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