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Set/Set Dressings Act One, Scene One 5 Two rooms of the apartment: living room, bedroom. Stella sits in a rickety armchair. Steps lead to bathroom door. UL, curtained doorway leads to a closet. An wall between the two rooms, a curtain suspended beneath a broken fan-light. R of the entryway: spiral staircase, leading to the apartment upstairs. UR, in living room, door opens to a roofless porch. R: staircase, an alleyway leads up to street level, which runs across stage between the two rooms of apt. Two layers of gauze: one, with windows, the other, suggesting railroad tracks. Props Stella fans herself with a palm-leaf fan, and eats chocolate from a paper bag. She is reading a movie magazine. Negro woman fans herself with a palm-leaf fan. Eunice eats peanuts, and reads a Confessions magazine. Costumes

A Streetcar Named Desire by: Tennessee Williams Lights Sound Other Notes:

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Lights come up Music from a small slowly. Behind the Jazz band is heard apartment hang off. two layers of guaze: one that, when illuminated, gives the appearance of windows; the other gives the appearance of railroad tracks.

Production Analysis Theatre Fundamentals 6 Table in the living room. Mirror tacked to the inside door of a low cabinet, US between an icebox and a day the 7 bed The along number 632 Woman carries shopping bag full of parcels. Stanley carries a package of meat.

A Streetcar Named Desire by: Tennessee Williams Lights have grown brighter. Music is still heard.

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Blanche carries is indicated beside a small suitcase, the door of the and a slip of apartment. paper.

Blanche looks incongruous to the setting, like she's arriving at a summer tea or cocktail party. A sailor in whites enters. Blanche is wearing a veil, and gloves. Two of Stella's dresses lay on the daybed.

Lights come up on Music fades on the street area on Sailor's exit. Blanche's entrance, and fade when she enters the apartment.

Kitchen cabinetry. Blanche crumples piece Radio table. of paper, and throws it away. Eunice picks up broom.Two of Stella's dresses lay on the day bed. Eunice picks up an apple from a small dish on a radio table. Eunice has a bag of raisins. 8

Production Analysis Theatre Fundamentals Light switch underneath the spiral staircase. Eunice eats her apple. Blanche removes whiskey bottle and glass, and pours herself a drink. Jar of water, coke, and a bottle-opener.

A Streetcar Named Desire by: Tennessee Williams Stella touches the A cat screams off lightswitch and the SR. room fills with light.

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9 Chair above the kitchen table. 10 11 Chest near the closet door. 12 Blackless chair.

Blanche switches off the harsh light. Blanche has a jacket. Blanche is wearing a hat. Blanche puts purse on the table

13 Bed and bedside table in the bedroom. 14 Dressing table in the bedroom. Framed photo of Stanley on the bedside table.

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Blanche takes a Blanche takes perfume bottle off her jacket, out of her bag. and puts it on the dressing table.

A train passes noisily.

17 18 Blanche has a handkerchief.

Sound of men's voices off R. Eunice's voice is heard from above. Then, Steve. Then a door slam.

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A Streetcar Named Desire by: Tennessee Williams Lights dim as the music gets louder. Lights fade out quickly, Cat screams off R. "Varsouviana" is heard, growing slowly louder. The song immediately stops, and the jazz band music comes up.

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A Streetcar Named Desire by: Tennessee Williams

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