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l recognisabl f
ely on her si~ o . the
•art of that at1on
I of the sk/b~:ntic
st as phony •
tise of ha .as It can
pp1ness could
t I scene she se
ems to
iakespeare's O h .
i~ betrayals an? elia

into. Unlike O h .
:hoes OPhe1a'sp
1· p elia,
h
ieath on t hewaterat os
,' 'death') and the
hat Laertes's hean-
~erhaps, the kind of
.sled away:

Sh . ··- ~ f- -v-----, r.-.,&vu, ucu useu
e turns to avour and to prettiness.
(Ham/et, IV, vi)


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b~El~
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ere of A Streetcar Named Desire was
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"i>~ ~\~ 0 ~ _andPhiladelplua,1tranforan ,
~c~ I\ ~er' -five performa~ and :w.on I
crl-\xs' a,,.,,,:,-
~au~ )onaldson and New York llia}P_!
•<...Aea..u.;a_rc)5 ~ went on to direct the 1951 film
well-established theatre t~nnessee Williams, was already a
Audrey w d ana rum direr.tor
oo , and the - ~~
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,ur••··
;ent,
!0 take on the project \(C);Z.oJ\ R~CJt:.A....,..,._;, f, 1aded him
mstigating many cha~g no\-es O'C\ ~-h,~_? -~ :I the play,
~ou!d with Cat on a R the.f1\~S. ~\ai-e{~b\\Q/\{(.)d), as he
a s c~aracters and th - \ \ . :\~- ef - ,.....__ .\.••,-\)()(1 tQ!!Jh.c:.
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9:~ '\~~ ~ ~ a.if ~ • M~ \l\l
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1tiag. eff~cts, and t~e
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1-\~ ~~ ~9°'' 0 ·youn g, and largely •
\l\~ t ~ -\cof ~ 0~ 'Z CO ~,e s ;ki;Mitch was played
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Quinn as Stanle 'Q,_ ..... ~-~ ~ ,_,. IV\ ~ A
was a far mor l:»U l"<..:O-;:::. ~ VI , ' ~




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she could
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iArecloc ~ Elli~ Ro1?b ED DESIRE
'Rosem~ Ha,:'5 ~ St ~a ,y \d \l
u ewerethoseatthev·.
:-rame,~ rtO fen Ln(\(2, <:. o.n\e.\J ~ll ar_ !! Theater in ~
\J
fa J\ ew ~ ~h~ U lt \e C .~ · tu
~e firbstbof the ;, a ~
Ja ~ iUW \ "-1 ~ _1s ~a and featured
ncs\o....... ~ - lA ,~ b\C ,._ .nttno as Sta--
nley Alth
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\ ' - 1 ~ , ~ ~ ~ o. .tu o( ih s~c ces sor tot eo,.tigin~
~ ,~ ''- l> -1 --" ~~.M ~.. P. i\. \ )!in , 200 0, p. 93), the lllaji
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tfOM ~t 'l a. .t ao 'l_th the acnng. 1:farris'.t
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9
~inly for Far~ntmo's~tanJ1
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. _ i ~ 1·\ 1:· a. - ~e~ at one pomt,iublim-.. ate
r> t..: 1_ ~I> A...& _
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ong ~
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w: '6 d. y 1
, -~L :- c..,.,.n ~ e!:,- ~ -;~ \ · 1re cte
"'' '~ ~ · ~ '-..j - ., __________ ·as Bla nch e. Psacharopoul,
~ee ex,ce _
directing Streetcar in
had already developed a reputat~on for
rs before, but, apart from
Williamstown (Massachusetts) two yea
d for New York. Aidan Quini
_ panner, the principal parts were change
criticised for ~s lack of eh~id
took the role of St~nley and, although
dexter!tt to the Eaf.S
_presence,.he brought slxness arid verbal
S\xMd 5tr~dioA:72005 •
,ater r!: k~ ce to his

Director~-;-EO{J.lQ.frj HClK • •
:: ~::'Jf:miif!.~ 1

~e wi ~g the rr~~~~~
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U
QJ fl/ ''•
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n defenaed the poSJO~

(f oh() C. R~~l~_:: S \O J\ \~ i::fho
xtn\ :ff ec tb y: sta tin ~

C f~ tl,,,e ''O!letf.heE:.\s O f~~ -
th ~ 4
•th eJ • duction at theJ
Cftv ;n Ot'\ 00"'4 :
~
~ eJ'O~C Ii \.J i'\ b fn et 'IO .C :'~ za n~ s more conven:w:
was u1tiJI1~cclY--fe~
-\ > ~ Th ~ es .~ ~~ 0cpe{te
rtee
a Lange as e l ~
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fu,
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11
W 1bout Theatre cd~bo~'
l .l\,\ ~ S~ on\b ,\
was much talke be
\J ·V
\b • t~ many, he wast cic(be 'o
..... r,. ~ A • •tl_ &
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menacing -r:-. eerflet'1
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lGI-. kroWhicliJ!;h~nab1 '°
'-1, f New'-/Q<kT,l~-i ·,n was more
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