[Music] it's an early spring evening in New Orleans in the city's French Quarter Stanley and Stella Kowalski live in Elysian Fields on the bottom floor of a two-story building their neighbors Steve and Eunice Hubble live upstairs Blanche Dubois comes around the corner carrying a suitcase all decked out in a pretty traveling suit and Pearls she's here looking for Stella her little sister but she's a bit shocked she didn't expect Stella to live in such a Shabby place soon after the sisters reunite Blanche delivers the bad news they've lost their childhood home Bellerive after all their relatives died in quick succession Blanche was forced to let the estate go to pay for their care and funerals this is a terrible blow there goes Blanche and Stella's inheritance Stanley returns from bowling and greets Blanche and it's soon obvious how different they are Blanche comes from a world of refined Southern manners whereas Stanley insists on being casual he even undresses around her the next evening Blanche and Stella get ready for a girls night out Stanley is having the boys around for a poker night so it's best if the ladies stay away but Stanley still finds time to interrogate Blanche about Bellerive as far as Stanley's concerned Stella's loss is his loss and he wants to know the details but Blanche was expecting this she shows him all the official papers Bellerive is beyond their reach forever Stanley realizes he's probably jumped the gun by assuming that Blanche had tried to Swindle him and Stella Keen to change the subject he Reveals His Own big news Stella is pregnant Blanche is Overjoyed she whisks Stellar out for a happy night on the town and the boys arrive for their poker night before we know it it's 2 30 a.m and the girls are arriving home Stanley isn't happy that they're back especially when Stella tells them to wrap up their game what's more Mitch is getting distracted by the Glamorous Blanche the tension in the room comes to a head as Stella yells at Stanley calling him an awful drunk brute Stanley charges for Stella breaking through the men who try to restrain him off stage we hear him hit Stella and the men wrestle him to the ground Blanche Scoops Stella up and takes her upstairs to Eunice enough is enough the boys head home and Stanley is left alone he stumbles outside and Bellows his wife's name like a Howling Wolf Stella quietly Stella slips downstairs in her robe and Embraces Stanley he tenderly carries her back into their flat Blanche tries to look for Stella but meets Mitch who appears from around the corner he reassures her that Stella and Stanley will be fine they're crazy for each other the next morning Blanche appears at the door and fusses hysterically over Stella why would she return to such a man Stella reassures Blanche that Stanley is just a passionate sort of guy Blanche is shocked by how quickly Stella has forgiven him she criticizes their marriage of having nothing but brutal desire like the name of the streetcar that rattles up and down their Street unknown to them both Stanley has arrived home and overhears their entire conversation he announces his arrival and greets the women happily Stella Embraces him fiercely Stanley has certainly won this round some time later Stanley arrives home and tells Blanche that a man named Shaw claims to have known her apparently Shaw met Blanche at the unsavory Hotel flamingo in Laurel Blanche denies it but she's visibly uneasy later she interrogates Stella about what unkind rumors Stanley might have told her it's all too much for Blanche that night the kowalskis are going on a double date with the hubbles from upstairs Blanche has her own date she's going out with Mitch as she gets ready a Young Man shows up asking for money for the newspaper she flirts with him and kisses him without his permission then she quickly dismisses him just in time for Mitch to arrive with a bunch of roses they stay out late into the night arriving home at 2am sadly the vibe on the date was flat Mitch asks Blanche if he can kiss her but she avoids it and changes the subject she asks if he's heard anything from Stanley about her past she laments their awkward living conditions and criticizes how cruel he is to her she then opens up to Mitch about her late husband Alan she caught him having an intimate encounter with another man afterwards she told him that she was disgusted with him and he immediately ran out and shot himself Blanche never recovered from it deeply moved Mitch Embraces her and they share a long-awaited kiss in mid-september Stella is preparing the apartment for blanche's birthday she's in the bathroom getting ready Stanley tells Stella about all the juicy details he's found out about Blanche turns out she has nowhere left to go she was evicted from The Flamingo Hotel because she entertained Too Many Men she also can't be a school teacher anymore because she got mixed up with a 17 year old boy there is no way Blanche could ever return to Laurel but Stella tries to stick up for her sister she might not approve of everything Blanche does but Stella has lots of compassion for her she then tells Stanley about the terrible shock of Alan's death ly reveals that Mitch won't be coming tonight as he's already told Mitch the truth about Blanche in fact Stanley has even bought Blanche a bus ticket back to Laurel as a birthday present Stella is mortified the birthday celebration is strange and awkward the tension in the room hits a peak when Stella calls Stanley a pig for his poor table manners he throws a plate in frustration and grabs Stiller violently reminding her that he's the king of the house Stella is crying and Blanche is now extremely anxious and paranoid what does Stanley know about her Stella follows her husband out onto the porch Stanley reassures her that when Blanche is gone and the baby is here things will be good again they all return to the dining table and Stella lights the candles Stanley then decides to hand over blanche's birthday present he relishes her disappointment when she sees the bus ticket back to Laurel she runs to the bathroom and vomits Stella is also feeling really unwell in fact she needs to go to the hospital right now Stanley immediately supports her out the door later in the evening Blanche sits alone in the flat Mitch arrives at the door he's clearly been drinking Blanche is hopeful they can make up but Mitch becomes more hostile he tells her he doesn't want to see her anymore and that he knows about her life in Laurel she doesn't deny it admitting it was her way of coping with the Panic after her husband's death Mitch doesn't accept it he tries to sleep with her but Blanche screams fire and Mitch runs from the flat a few hours later Blanche is drinking heavily and packing her wardrobe trunk Stanley arrives home and tells Blanche happily that the baby is coming in the morning she tells him she also has good news she's going to join Shep Huntley an old admirer of hers on his yacht in the Caribbean she Rambles about how much more cultured and sophisticated she is than Stanley who's no better than a pig she even tells him an elaborate tale about how Mitch came back begging for forgiveness but Stanley's had enough no more lies Blanche tries to get past Stanley to the door but he stops her Blanche recognizes the look he's giving her and threatens him with a broken bottle but she's no match for Stanley who catches her and disarms her Blanche collapses defeated and Stanley carries her to his bed some Weeks Later the kowalskis host another poker night Blanche is getting ready in the bathroom and Stella is packing her things she tells Eunice that Blanche has been told she's going to the country for a rest she's torn Blanche told her what happened with Stanley how could she believe it and continue to live with Stanley ultimately Stella has taken her husband's side Blanche emerges from the bathroom Stanley's voice shocks her and she becomes hysterical soon a doctor and a Stern matron arrive Blanche greets them but realizes something isn't right Blanche begins to panic as Stanley and the matron close in on her she tries to resist the matron's iron grip on her arms the doctor gently takes off his hat suddenly transforming into a respectful and reassuring presence he addresses Blanche as Miss DuBois and her Terror subsides she grips his arm and tells him that she's always depended on the kindness of strangers the men stand back as the doctor leads Blanche out of the building and around the corner Stella cries out after her sister but she doesn't turn around Stanley pulls her into an Embrace and murmurs to her intimately already reaching into her blouse The Men return to their poker game was there anyone as truly alone as blatch perhaps Tennessee Williams wants us to think about the plight of people with softer more vulnerable Natures what do you think [Music] we hope you enjoyed this schooling online production for more easy lessons check out our 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