A question about the text of A Streetcar Named Desire
A question about the text of A Streetcar Named Desire
GypsyRoseLee
Broadway Star Joined: 7/5/04
#0A question about the text of A Streetcar Named Desire
Posted: 4/3/05 at 9:15pm
I've always wondered from reading and re-reading the text...why is Blanche so afraid to meet Stanley? She's clearly a big bundle of nerves throughout that whole first scene, and before she even meets him, she's relieved to hear that he travels a lot. If I'm not mistaken, this is her first meeting with him, so she's not yet familiar with the fact that he is in fact a rather scary fellow.
Thoughts?
"This is what I trained to do, and this is what I love about theater. What I love about being an actress is being able to really look into myself and understand another human being. And out my own self, to shape and form and fashion a real human being--and to present that in such a way that people see something of themselves or their own understanding in that human being."
--Phylicia Rashad
GypsyRoseLee
Broadway Star Joined: 7/5/04
#1re: A question about the text of A Streetcar Named Desire
Posted: 4/3/05 at 9:52pm*le bump*
"This is what I trained to do, and this is what I love about theater. What I love about being an actress is being able to really look into myself and understand another human being. And out my own self, to shape and form and fashion a real human being--and to present that in such a way that people see something of themselves or their own understanding in that human being."
--Phylicia Rashad
apdarcey
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/10/04
#2re: A question about the text of A Streetcar Named Desire
Posted: 4/3/05 at 9:58pmstella married a pole and they live in the slums and she's heard all about him from stella. she is scared because she lost belle reve and her man. she is terrified of the place, the people and what she'll have to confront.
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