Editing A Streetcar Named Desire (section)

== Name ==
Blanche is mentioned in the play as arriving at Stella's apartment by riding in a [[Streetcars in New Orleans|streetcar]] on the Desire [[Streetcars in New Orleans#Historic lines|streetcar line]].  Tennessee Williams was living in an apartment on Toulouse Street in New Orleans’ French Quarter when he wrote ''A Streetcar Named Desire''. The old Desire streetcar line ran only a half-block away.

In the 1951 film Blanche is shown riding the car. In the interim between writing the play and shooting the film, though, the line was converted into a bus service (1948), and the production team had to seek permission from the authorities to hire out a streetcar with the "Desire" name on it.<ref>{{cite web |title=New Orleans Public Service, Inc. 832 |url=http://www.pa-trolley.org/Roster/832N.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519083522/http://www.pa-trolley.org/Roster/832N.htm |archive-date=May 19, 2011 |access-date=November 13, 2011}}</ref>