Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Characters

Blanche DuBois:  Neurotic central character from Laurel, Mississippi, who travels to New Orleans to visit her sister and her husband. She lives in a fantasy world of Old South chivalry but cannot control her carnal desires.
Stella Kowalski: Blanche’s down-to-earth sister who seems satisfied with her life as the wife of a New Orleans factory worker.
Stanley Kowalski: Stella’s churlish and outspoken husband and the bane of Blanche’s existence. 
Mitch: Harold Mitchell, Stanley's poker partner and best friend. He woos Blanche until he finds out about her seamy past.
Eunice Hubbell: Stanley and Blanche’s upstairs neighbor and landlady.
Steve Hubbell: Poker partner of Stanley and husband of Eunice. 
Pablo Gonzales: Hispanic Poker partner of Stanley.
Allen Grey: Deceased husband of Blanche. His homosexual affair and suicide deeply scarred Blanche.
Teenage Newsboy: Collector for The Evening Star newspaper. 
Negro Woman
Mexican Woman
Shep Huntleigh: Imaginary beau of Blanche.
Doctor, Matron: Physician and nurse from a mental hospital.

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