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{{Infobox play
| name       = A Streetcar Named Desire
| image      = StreetcarNamedDesire.JPG
| caption    = First edition ([[New Directions Publishing|New Directions]])
| writer     = [[Tennessee Williams]]
| characters = {{unbulleted list|[[Blanche DuBois]]|[[Stella Kowalski]]|[[Stanley Kowalski]]|Harold "Mitch" Mitchell}}
| setting    = The [[French Quarter]] and [[Downtown New Orleans]]
| premiere   = December 3, 1947
| place      = [[Ethel Barrymore Theatre]]<br />[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]]
| orig_lang  = English
| genre      = [[Southern Gothic]]
}}

'''''A Streetcar Named Desire''''' is a play written by [[Tennessee Williams]] and first performed on Broadway on December 3, 1947.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Streetcar Named Desire|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/a-streetcar-named-desire-1804|access-date=2023-01-14|website=Internet Broadway Database}}</ref> The play dramatizes the experiences of [[Blanche DuBois]], a former [[Southern belle]] who, after encountering a series of personal losses, leaves her once-prosperous situation to move into a shabby apartment in [[New Orleans]] rented by her younger sister Stella and brother-in-law Stanley.

''A Streetcar Named Desire'' is one of the most critically acclaimed plays of the 20th century<ref>{{cite book |last=Sambrook |first=Hana |date=2015 |title=A Streetcar Named Desire: York Notes for A-level by Hana Sambrook |publisher=Pearson Education Limited |isbn=9781447982265}}</ref> and Williams's most popular work. It still ranks among his most performed plays, and has inspired many adaptations in other forms, notably a [[A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film)|critically acclaimed film]] that was released in 1951.<ref name="ibdb">Production notes. [http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=1804 December 3, 1947—December 17, 1949] IBDb.com</ref>

== 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>

== Plot ==
[[File:Jessica Tandy with Kim Hunter and Marlon Brando. cph.3b23243.jpg|thumb|[[Jessica Tandy]], [[Kim Hunter]] and [[Marlon Brando]] in the original Broadway production of ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' (1947)]]
After the loss of her family home to creditors, [[Blanche DuBois]] travels from [[Laurel, Mississippi]], to the New Orleans [[French Quarter]] to live with her younger married sister, [[Stella Kowalski|Stella]], and Stella's husband, [[Stanley Kowalski]]. She is in her thirties and, with no money, has nowhere else to go.

Blanche tells Stella that she has taken a leave of absence from her English-teaching position because of her nerves (which is later revealed to be a lie). Blanche laments the shabbiness of her sister's two-room flat. She finds Stanley loud and rough, eventually referring to him as "common." Stanley, in return, is suspicious of Blanche, does not care for her manners and resents her presence which is already interfering with his regimented but hedonistic lifestyle.

From the first scene, Blanche is nervous and jittery. She is reluctant to be seen in the glare of light and seems to have a drinking problem. She is also deceptive and is critical of her sister and brother-in-law.

Stanley later questions Blanche about her earlier marriage. Blanche had married when she was very young, but her husband committed suicide. This memory causes her obvious distress. The reader later learns she suffers from guilt due to the way she had reacted to finding out her husband's [[homosexuality]] and his fatal reaction. Stanley, worried that he has been cheated out of an inheritance, demands to know what happened to Belle Reve, once a large [[plantation]] and the DuBois family home. He tells Stella about the [[Napoleonic Code]], stating that with it a husband had control over his wife's financial affairs. Blanche hands over all the documents pertaining to Belle Reve. While looking at the papers, Stanley notices a bundle of letters that Blanche emotionally proclaims are personal love letters from her dead husband. For a moment, Stanley seems caught off guard over her proclaimed feelings. Afterwards, he informs Blanche that Stella is going to have a baby.

The night after Blanche's arrival, during one of Stanley's poker games, Blanche meets Mitch, one of Stanley's [[poker]] player buddies. His courteous manner sets him apart from the other men. Their chat becomes flirtatious and friendly, and Blanche easily charms him; they like each other. Suddenly becoming upset over multiple interruptions, Stanley explodes in a drunken rage and strikes Stella. Blanche and Stella take refuge with the upstairs neighbor, Eunice Hubbell. When Stanley recovers, he cries out from the courtyard below for Stella to come back by repeatedly calling her name until she comes down and allows herself to be carried off to bed. Blanche is shocked to see that her sister has returned to her husband right after he assaulted her. After Stella returns to Stanley, Blanche and Mitch sit at the bottom of the steps in the courtyard, where Mitch apologizes for Stanley's coarse behavior.

The next morning, Blanche rushes to Stella and describes Stanley as subhuman, though Stella assures Blanche that she and Stanley are fine. Stanley overhears the conversation but keeps silent. When Stanley comes in, Stella hugs and kisses him, letting Blanche know that her low opinion of Stanley does not matter.

As the weeks pass, the friction between Blanche and Stanley continues to grow. Blanche has hope in Mitch, and tells Stella that she wants to go away with him and not be anyone's problem. During a meeting between the two, Blanche confesses to Mitch that once she was married to a young man, Allan Grey, whom she later discovered in a sexual encounter with an older man. Grey later killed himself when Blanche told him she was disgusted with him. The story touches Mitch, who tells Blanche that they need each other. Mitch also has lost someone and seems to have [[empathy]] with Blanche's situation.

Later, Stanley repeats gossip to Stella from a seedy salesman with contacts in Laurel that Blanche was fired from her teaching job for involvement with an under-age student and that she lived at a hotel known for [[prostitution]]. Stella erupts in anger over Stanley's cruelty after he reveals he has already told Mitch. Later that evening, at Blanche's birthday party, there is an empty seat at the table for Mitch. Stanley gives Blanche a birthday "present", a one-way ticket back to Laurel by [[Greyhound Lines|Greyhound]] bus. An argument ensues between Stella and Stanley, but is cut short as Stella goes into unexpected labor and is taken by her husband to the hospital.

As Blanche waits at home alone, Mitch arrives and confronts Blanche with the stories that Stanley has told him. She eventually confesses that the stories are true. She pleads for forgiveness. An angry and humiliated Mitch rejects her. Nevertheless, he demands sex from her, suggesting that it is his right since he has waited for so long for nothing. Blanche threatens to cry fire and tells him to get out.

Stanley returns home to find Blanche alone in the apartment. She has descended into another fantasy about an old suitor coming to provide financial support and take her away from New Orleans. She falsely claims that Mitch had asked for her forgiveness, but she had rejected him. Stanley goes along with the act before angrily scorning Blanche's lies, [[hypocrisy]] and behavior, and calling out her lie about Mitch. He advances toward her; in response, she threatens to attack him with a broken bottle, but is overpowered. Blanche collapses on the floor and Stanley is last seen taking her unconscious into his bed.

Some time in the near future, during a poker game at the Kowalski apartment, Stella and Eunice are seen packing Blanche's meager belongings while Blanche takes a bath in a [[Catatonia|catatonic]] state, having suffered a [[Mental disorder|mental breakdown]]. Although Blanche has told Stella about Stanley raping her (which he denies), Stella cannot bring herself to believe her sister's story. When a doctor and a matron arrive to take Blanche to the hospital, she initially resists them and the nurse painfully restrains her. Mitch, present at the poker game, breaks down in tears. The doctor is far more gentle and she goes willingly with him, saying, "Whoever you are – I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." The poker game continues, uninterrupted.

== Cast and characters ==
* '''[[Blanche DuBois]]''' - 27 year old, loquacious and fragile woman who arrives at her sister's place in [[New Orleans]] destitute. 
* '''[[Stanley Kowalski]]''' - 30s, The husband of Stella, a veteran, middle class working man who is passionate with his wife and cruel to Blanche.  
* '''[[Stella Kowalski]]''' - 25 years old, Blanche's sister and wife to Stanley. Her loyalties are torn between her sister and her husband. 
* '''Harold "Mitch" Mitchell''' - 30s, Stanley’s army friend, coworker, and poker buddy, who courts Blanche

'''Notable productions'''
{| class="wikitable" style="width:1000;"
! rowspan="2" |Characters
! Broadway Debut 
! London Debut 
! Broadway Revival 
! Broadway Revival 
! London Revival 
! Broadway Revival
! Australia Revival 
! London Revival 
! London Revival 
! London Revival 
|-
!<small>1948</small>
!<small>1949</small>
!<small>1988</small>
!<small>1992</small>
!<small>2002</small>
!<small>2005</small>
!<small>2009</small>
!<small>2009</small>
!<small>2014</small>
!<small>2023</small>
|-
! [[Blanche DuBois]]
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Jessica Tandy]]
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Vivien Leigh]]
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Blythe Danner]] 
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Jessica Lange]]
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Glenn Close]] 
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Natasha Richardson]]
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Cate Blanchett]] 
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Rachel Weisz]] 
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Gillian Anderson]]
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Patsy Ferran]]
|-
! [[Stanley Kowalski]]
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Marlon Brando]] 
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Bonar Colleano]] 
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Aidan Quinn]]
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Alec Baldwin]]
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Iain Glen]]
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[John C. Reilly]] 
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Joel Edgerton]]
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Elliot Cowan]] 
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Ben Foster (actor)|Ben Foster]]
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Paul Mescal]]
|-
! [[Stella Kowalski]]
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Kim Hunter]]
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Renée Asherson]]
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Frances McDormand]]
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Amy Madigan]]
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Essie Davis]]
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Amy Ryan]]
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Robin McLeavy]]
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Ruth Wilson]]
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Vanessa Kirby]]
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Anjana Vasan]] 
|-
! "Mitch" Mitchell
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Karl Malden]] 
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Bernard Braden]]
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Frank Converse]] 
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Timothy Carhart]]
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Robert Pastorelli]] 
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Chris Bauer]]
| colspan="1" align="center" | Tim Richards
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Barnaby Kay]]
| colspan="1" align="center" | [[Corey Johnson (actor)|Corey Johnson]]
| colspan="1" align="center" | Dwane Walcott
|-
|}

== Production history ==

=== Original Broadway production ===
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The original Broadway production was produced by [[Irene Mayer Selznick]] and directed by [[Elia Kazan]].<ref name="ibdb" /> It opened at the [[Shubert Theatre (New Haven)| Shubert Theatre]] in [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]], [[Connecticut]] in early November 1947, then played the [[Walnut Street Theatre]] in [[Philadelphia]] before moving to the [[Ethel Barrymore Theatre]] on December 3, 1947.<ref name="ibdb" /> Selznick originally wanted to cast [[Margaret Sullavan]] and [[John Garfield]], but settled on the less well-known [[Jessica Tandy]] and a virtual unknown at the time, [[Marlon Brando]]. The opening night cast also included [[Kim Hunter]] as Stella and [[Karl Malden]] as Mitch.<ref name="ibdb" /> Tandy was cast after Williams saw her performance in a West Coast production of his one-act play ''[[Portrait of a Madonna]]''. Williams believed that casting Brando, who was young for the part as it was originally conceived, would evolve Kowalski from being a vicious older man to someone whose unintentional cruelty can be attributed to youthful ignorance. Despite its shocking scenes and gritty dialogue, the audience applauded the debut performance.<ref>December 3, ''This Day In History Calendar (2008)'', Sourcebooks, Inc.</ref> [[Brooks Atkinson]], reviewing the opening in ''The New York Times'', described Tandy's "superb performance" as "almost incredibly true", concluding that Williams "has spun a poignant and luminous story".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Original Review of 'A Streetcar Named Desire'|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/04/23/theater/20120423-streetcar.html?_r=0|access-date=2022-12-23|website=archive.nytimes.com}}</ref>

Later in the run, [[Uta Hagen]] succeeded Tandy, [[Carmelita Pope]] succeeded Hunter, and [[Anthony Quinn]] succeeded Brando. Hagen and Quinn took the show on a national tour directed by [[Harold Clurman]], and then returned to Broadway for additional performances. [[Ralph Meeker]] also took on the part of Stanley both in the Broadway and touring companies. Tandy received a [[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play]] in 1948, sharing the honor with [[Judith Anderson]] and [[Katharine Cornell]]. The original Broadway production closed, after 855 performances, in 1949.

The Original cast included, [[Jessica Tandy]] as [[Blanche DuBois]], [[Karl Malden]] as Harold "Mitch" Mitchell, [[Marlon Brando]] as [[Stanley Kowalski]], [[Kim Hunter]] as [[Stella Kowalski]], [[Rudy Bond]] as Steve Hubbell, [[Nick Dennis]] as Pablo Gonzales, [[Peg Hillias]] as Eunice Hubbell, Vito Christi as Young Collector, [[Richard Garrick]] as Doctor, Ann Dere as Nurse (later called the Matron), [[Gee Gee James]] as Negro Woman and [[Edna Lewis Thomas|Edna Thomas]] as Mexican Woman.

=== Other early productions ===
The first adaptation of ''Streetcar'' in Greece was performed in 1948 by Koun's Art Theater, two years before its film adaptation and one year before its London premiere, directed by [[Karolos Koun]] starring [[Melina Mercouri]] as Blanche and [[Vasilis Diamantopoulos]] as Stanley, with original music by [[Manos Hadjidakis]].

The London production, directed by [[Laurence Olivier]], opened at the [[Aldwych Theatre]] on October 12, 1949. It starred [[Bonar Colleano]] as Stanley, [[Vivien Leigh]] as Blanche, [[Renée Asherson]] as Stella and [[Bernard Braden]] as Mitch.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play/427/a-streetcar-named-desire/production/ms8|title=Production of A Streetcar Named Desire – Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com|access-date=January 28, 2019}}</ref>

An Australian production with [[Viola Keats]] as Blanche and [[Arthur Franz]] as Stanley opened at the [[Comedy Theatre, Melbourne|Comedy Theatre]] in Melbourne in February 1950.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article187344203 |title='Streetcar' Poetic, But Controversial |newspaper=[[The Age]] |location=Victoria, Australia |date=20 February 1950 |access-date=30 May 2020 |page=3 |via=Trove }}</ref>

=== Revivals ===
The first all-black production of ''Streetcar'' was likely performed by the Summer Theatre Company at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri, in August 1953 and directed by one of Williams's former classmates at Iowa, Thomas D. Pawley, as noted in the ''Streetcar'' edition of the "Plays in Production" series published by Cambridge University Press.

[[Tallulah Bankhead]], for whom Williams originally had written the role of Blanche, starred in a 1956 New York City Center Company production directed by Herbert Machiz.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Tribute From Tennessee Williams To 'Heroic Tallulah Bankhead'|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/00/12/31/specials/williams-bankhead.html|access-date=2022-12-23|website=archive.nytimes.com}}</ref>

In 1972, American composer [[Frances Ziffer]] set ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' to music.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/435995545|title=The New York Times theater reviews. 1971-1972-|publisher=The New York Times & Arno Press|oclc=435995545}}</ref>

The first Broadway revival of the play was in 1973. It was produced by the [[Lincoln Center]], at the [[Vivian Beaumont Theater]], and starred [[Rosemary Harris]] as Blanche, [[James Farentino]] as Stanley and [[Patricia Conolly]] as Stella.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Barnes |first=Clive |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0F16F8395C1A7A93C5AB178FD85F478785F9&scp=2&sq=the%20streetcar%20named%20desire,%20lincoln%20center,%20ellis%20rabb&st=cse |title=A Rare 'Streetcar'; Fresh Approach Taken at Vivian Beaumont |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 27, 1973 |access-date=September 26, 2012}}</ref>

In 1976, [[Rip Torn]] enlisted director [[Jack Gelber]] to helm a revival at the once celebrated Academy Festival Theatre in [[Lake Forest, Illinois]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=BARAT GROUP EKES OUT A NEW SERIES|website=[[Chicago Tribune]] |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-07-10-9203020339-story.html|date=1992-07-10}}</ref> starring himself as Stanley and his wife [[Geraldine Page]] as Blanche. The production was threateningly realistic, projecting a
brightly lit, garbage-filled stage reflecting a hostile, predatory world  and immersing the audience in a total
theatre experience. Gelber's Streetcar was troubling for the critics because it was raw, even
dangerous. It pushed the Streetcar script to the farthest reaches of
urban violence and unabated naturalism. One review said "This is not the Blanche of butterfly wings. This is gossamer with guts." Page's performance was described as displaying little of Leigh's hysteria or Tandy's forlorn helplessness.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kolin |first=Philip C.|title=Williams:A Streetcar Named Desire|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=2000}}</ref>

The spring 1988 revival at the [[Circle in the Square Theatre]] starred [[Aidan Quinn]] opposite [[Blythe Danner]] as Blanche and [[Frances McDormand]] as Stella.<ref>Production notes. [http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=4496 March 10 – May 22, 1988.]  IBDb.com</ref>

A highly publicized and acclaimed  revival in 1992 starred [[Alec Baldwin]] as Stanley and [[Jessica Lange]] as Blanche. It was staged at the [[Ethel Barrymore Theatre]], where the original production was staged. This production proved so successful that it was filmed for television. It featured [[Timothy Carhart]] as Mitch and [[Amy Madigan]] as Stella, as well as future ''[[The Sopranos|Sopranos]]'' stars [[James Gandolfini]] and [[Aida Turturro]]. Gandolfini was Carhart's understudy.<ref>Production notes. [http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=4677 April 12—August 9, 1992.]  IBDb.com</ref>

In 1997, [[Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre|Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carré]] in New Orleans mounted a 50th Anniversary production, with music by the [[Marsalis family]], starring [[Michael Arata]] and Shelly Poncy. In 2009, the [[Walnut Street Theatre]] in Philadelphia, where the original pre-Broadway tryout was held, staged a production of the play.

In 1997, at Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago IL, Gary Sinise as Stanley, John C Reilly as Mitch, Kathryn Erbe as Stella, and Laila Robins as Blanche.

[[Glenn Close]] starred in [[Trevor Nunn]]'s 2002 production for the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]] at the Lyttleton Theatre, London.

The 2005 Broadway revival was directed by Edward Hall and produced by The Roundabout Theater Company. It starred [[John C. Reilly]] as Stanley, [[Amy Ryan]] as Stella, and [[Natasha Richardson]] as Blanche.<ref>Production notes. [http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=381031 April 26–July 3, 2005.] IBDb.com</ref> The production was  Richardson's final appearance on Broadway; she died in 2009 following a skiing accident.

Bette Bourne and Paul Shaw of the British gay theater company Bloolips, and Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver of the American lesbian theater company Split Britches, collaborated and performed a gender-bent adaptation titled ''Belle Reprieve''. Blanche was played as "man in a dress", Stanley as a "butch lesbian", Mitch as a "fairy disguised as a man", and Stella as a "woman disguised as a woman".<ref>Geis, Deborah. "Deconstructing (A Streetcar Named) Desire: Gender Recitation in Belle Reprieve". Feminist Theatrical Revisions of Classic Works. Ed. Sharon Friedman. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2009. 237-246. Print.</ref>

The [[Sydney Theatre Company]] production of ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' premiered on September 5 and ran until October 17, 2009. This production, directed by [[Liv Ullmann]], starred [[Cate Blanchett]] as Blanche, [[Joel Edgerton]] as Stanley, [[Robin McLeavy]] as Stella and Tim Richards as Mitch.<ref name="sydneytheatre">{{Cite web|title=A Streetcar Named Desire |work=SydneyTheatre.com.au |publisher=[[Sydney Theatre Company]] |url=http://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/2009/astreetcarnameddesire |access-date=June 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614153332/http://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/2009/astreetcarnameddesire |archive-date=June 14, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

From July 2009 until October 2009, [[Rachel Weisz]] and [[Ruth Wilson (actress)|Ruth Wilson]] starred in a highly acclaimed revival of the play in London's West End at the [[Donmar Warehouse]] directed by [[Rob Ashford]].

In April 2012, [[Blair Underwood]], [[Nicole Ari Parker]], [[Daphne Rubin-Vega]] and [[Wood Harris]] starred in a multiracial adaptation at the [[Broadhurst Theatre]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2012/04/21/151041371/blair-underwood-on-stanley-stella-and-streetcar|title=Blair Underwood On Stanley, Stella And 'Streetcar'|access-date=May 2, 2012|date=May 1, 2012|publisher=[[National Public Radio]]}}</ref> Theatre review aggregator ''Curtain Critic'' gave the production a score of 61 out of 100 based on the opinions of 17 critics.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Streetcar Named Desire|url=http://www.curtaincritic.com/Shows/A_STREETCAR_NAMED_DESIRE_REVIEWS-142.html|publisher=Curtain Critic|access-date=June 21, 2012}}</ref>

A production at the [[Young Vic]], London, opened on July 23, 2014, and closed on September 19, 2014. Directed by Benedict Andrews and starring [[Gillian Anderson]], [[Ben Foster (actor)|Ben Foster]], [[Vanessa Kirby]] and [[Corey Johnson (actor)|Corey Johnson]]; this production garnered critical acclaim and is the fastest-selling show  produced by the Young Vic.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Streetcar Named Desire|url=https://www.youngvic.org/whats-on/a-streetcar-named-desire|access-date=2022-12-23|website=Young Vic website|date=July 23, 2014 |language=en}}</ref> On September 16, 2014, the performance was relayed live to over one thousand cinemas in the UK as part of the [[National Theatre Live]] project.<ref>{{Cite web|title=National Theatre Live|url=https://www.ntlive.com/|access-date=2022-12-23|website=National Theatre Live {{pipe}} Official website {{pipe}} Filmed live theatre|language=en}}</ref> Thus far, the production has been screened in over 2000 venues.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/gillian-anderson-self-destruction-is-my-default-mode-9897489.html|title=Gillian Anderson: Self destruction is my default mode|date=December 3, 2014|author=Nick Curtis|work= Evening Standard|access-date=November 9, 2015}}</ref> From April 23, 2016, until June 4, 2016, the production was reprised at the new [[St. Ann's Warehouse]] in Brooklyn, New York City.<ref name="St.Ann">{{Cite web|title=St. Ann's Warehouse – A Young Vic & Joshua Andrews Co-Production|url=http://stannswarehouse.org/show/streetcar-named-desire/|website=St. Ann's Warehouse|access-date=April 27, 2016}}</ref> In 2020 during the COVID-19 lockdowns, it was released for free on YouTube as part of the National Theatre At Home series.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/nt-at-home-a-streetcar-named-desire|title=National Theatre at Home: ''A Streetcar Named Desire''|date=May 2020|publisher=National Theatre|access-date=28 May 2020}}</ref>

In 2016 [[Sarah Frankcom]] directed a production at the [[Royal Exchange, Manchester|Royal Exchange]] in Manchester starring [[Maxine Peake]], [[Ben Batt]], [[Sharon Duncan Brewster]] and [[Youssef Kerkour]]. It opened on 8 September and closed on 15 October. It was well-received, and Peake's performance in particular received praise.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/sep/18/streetcar-named-desire-review-maxine-peake-royal-exchange-manchester|title=Maxine Peake stalks to the heart of Blanche DuBois|website=Theguardian.com|date=September 18, 2016|access-date=23 September 2016}}</ref>

In 2018, it headlined the third annual Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis at the Grandel Theatre. Carrie Houk, the Festival's Executive Artistic Director, and Tim Ocel, the director of the play, chose to cast the play with actors whose ages were close to Tennessee Williams' original intentions.  (The birthday party is for Blanche's 30th birthday.)  Sophia Brown starred as Blanche, with Nick Narcisi as Stanley, Lana Dvorak as Stella, and Spencer Sickmann as Mitch. Henry Polkes composed the original score, and James Wolk designed the set. The critics were unanimous in their praise.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.riverfronttimes.com/stlouis/a-streetcar-named-desire-kicks-off-the-tennessee-williams-festival/Content?oid=18723087 |title=''A Streetcar Named Desire'' Triumphs at the Tennessee Williams Festival |first=Sarah |last=Fenske |date=11 May 2018 |work=Riverfront Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/reviews/a-streetcar-named-desire-sizzles-in-its-own-poetry/article_351d72a7-e373-59ab-90b2-e002bb3bcea9.html |title='A Streetcar Named Desire' sizzles in its own poetry |first=Judith |last=Newmark |date=11 May 2018 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch}}</ref>

The play was revived again in 2022 at London's [[Almeida Theatre]] under the direction of [[Rebecca Frecknall]], with [[Patsy Ferran]] taking the role of Blanche opposite [[Paul Mescal]] as Stanley, and [[Anjana Vasan]] as Stella. The play received widespread critical acclaim<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/jan/25/a-streetcar-named-desire-with-paul-mescal-transfers-to-west-end|title=A Streetcar Named Desire with Paul Mescal transfers to West End|work=[[The Guardian]]|first=Chris|last=Wiegand|date=25 January 2023|accessdate=26 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129194931/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/jan/25/a-streetcar-named-desire-with-paul-mescal-transfers-to-west-end|archive-date=29 January 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> and its [[West End theatre|West End]] transfer became the fastest-selling production to date in any [[Ambassador Theatre Group]] venue.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/a-streetcar-named-desire-patsy-ferran-paul-mescal_58258.html|title=A Streetcar Named Desire with Patsy Ferran, Paul Mescal and Anjana Vasan sells out in two hours and breaks records|work=WhatsOnStage|first=Alex|last=Wood|date=1 February 2023|accessdate=6 February 2023}}</ref> The revival received 6 [[Laurence Olivier Awards]] nominations, winning 3; Best Revival, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress for Mescal and Vasan respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/olivier-awards-2023-nominees_58433.html|title=Olivier Awards 2023 nominations announced – see the full list|work=[[WhatsOnStage.com]]|first=Alex|last=Wood|date=28 February 2023|accessdate=28 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/spotlight-london-hosts-olivier-awards-theatre-2023-04-02/|title=Paul Mescal, Jodie Comer win prizes at London theatre's Olivier awards|work=Reuters|first=Marie-louise|last= Gumuchian |date=2 April 2023|accessdate=2 April 2023}}</ref>

In February 2024, [[Sewanee: the University of the South]], a liberal arts school that received much of Tennessee Williams' estate, revived the play, under the direction of James Crawford. The Tennessee Williams Center in Sewanee houses the university's theatre departments while the school owns the rights to Williams' works.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://new.sewanee.edu/offices/university-offices/general-counsel/tennessee-williams/ |title=Tennessee Williams |website=new.sewanee.edu |access-date=2024-04-15}}</ref> With the show being sold out within days, the production received local acclaim from residents and the student body.

A [[Pitlochry Festival Theatre]] production of the play, directed by Elizabeth Newman and with Kirsty Stuart in the role of Blanche DuBois, was staged at the [[Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh]] in October and November 2024.<ref> Baillie, Mary, (4 November 2024) [https://www.broadwayworld.com/scotland/article/Review-A-STREETCAR-NAMED-DESIRE-Royal-Lyceum-Theatre-20241104 Review: ''A Streetcar Named Desire'', Royal Lyceum Theatre], ''[[BroadwayWorld|Broadway World]]'', Scotland</ref>

The 2022 Almeida Theatre production is scheduled to return to the West End for a limited three week run at the [[Noël Coward Theatre]] from 3 February 2025. The show is then scheduled to transfer to New York City at the [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]] from 28 February 2025. The entire 2022 revival cast is expected to reprise their roles.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-09 |title=A Streetcar Named Desire with Paul Mescal to return to the West End before New York run |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/a-streetcar-named-desire-with-paul-mescal-to-return-to-the-west-end-before-new-york-run_1650282/ |access-date=2025-01-08 |language=en-US}}</ref>

In March 2025 a Sheffield Theatres production is running at the [[Crucible Theatre]] in Sheffield. Directed by Josh Seymour. The cast includes [[Joanna Vanderham]] as Blanche. With Amara Okereke as Stella, Jake Dunn as Stanley and Taylor Kovacevic-Ebong as Mitch.

== Adaptations ==
=== Film ===
[[File:Vivien Leigh in Streetcar Named Desire trailer 2.jpg|thumb|left|[[Vivien Leigh]] in the trailer for ''A Streetcar Named Desire'']]{{Main|A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film)}}

In 1951, [[Warner Bros.]] released [[A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film)|a film adaptation of the play]], directed by [[Elia Kazan]]. Malden, Brando, Dennis, and Hunter reprised their Broadway roles. They were joined by [[Vivien Leigh]] from the London production in the part of Blanche. The movie won four [[Academy Awards]], including three acting awards (Leigh for [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]], Malden for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] and Hunter for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]), the first time a film won three out of four acting awards (Brando was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] but lost). Composer [[Alex North]] received an Academy Award nomination for this, his first film score. Jessica Tandy was the only lead actor from the original Broadway production not to appear in the 1951 film.<ref name="Cohan1997">{{Cite book |last=Cohan |first =Steven |page=254 |title=Masked Men: Masculinity and the Movies in the Fifties |location=Bloomington, Indiana |publisher=[[Indiana University Press]] |year=1997 |isbn=978-0-253-21127-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UACyelofecEC&q=%22allan+gray%22+suicide+blanche&pg=PA254 |access-date=July 11, 2008 }}</ref> The ending was slightly altered. Stella does not remain with Stanley as she does in the play.

[[Pedro Almodóvar]]'s 1999 [[Academy Award]]-winning film ''[[All About My Mother]]'' features a Spanish-language version of the play being performed by some of the supporting characters and the play plays an important role in the film. However, some of the film's dialogue is taken from the 1951 film version, not the original stage version.

The 1973 [[Woody Allen]] film ''[[Sleeper (1973 film)|Sleeper]]'' includes a late scene in which Miles (Woody) and Luna ([[Diane Keaton]]) briefly take on the roles of Stanley (Luna) and Blanche (Miles).

It was noted by many critics that the 2013 Academy Award-winning [[Woody Allen]] film ''[[Blue Jasmine]]'' had much in common with ''Streetcar'' and is most likely a loose adaptation. It shares a very similar plot and characters, although it has been suitably updated for modern film audiences.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Movie Review: Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine Is Perhaps His Cruelest-Ever Film|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2013/07/movie-review-blue-jasmine-woody-allen|work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=July 26, 2013|access-date=September 12, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Blue Jasmine: Woody Allen's excellent homage to A Streetcar Named Desire|url=http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/08/22/2529785/blue-jasmine-woody-allens-excellent.html|work=[[Tri-city Herald]]|access-date=September 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429161626/http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/08/22/2529785/blue-jasmine-woody-allens-excellent.html|archive-date=April 29, 2014|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

In 2014, [[Gillian Anderson]] directed and starred in a short prequel to ''A Streetcar Named Desire'', titled ''The Departure''. The short film was written by the novelist [[Andrew O'Hagan]] and is part of [[Young Vic]]'s short film series, which was produced in collaboration with ''The Guardian''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/feb/05/gillian-anderson-blanche-streetcar-named-desire-prequel-young-vic-departure|title=Gillian Anderson goes back to Blanche for prequel to A Streetcar Named Desire|last=Wiegand|first=Chris|date=February 5, 2015|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=October 6, 2016}}</ref>

=== Opera ===
In 1995, [[A Streetcar Named Desire (opera)|an opera]] was adapted and composed by [[André Previn]] with a libretto by Philip Littell. It had its premiere at the [[San Francisco Opera]] during the 1998–1999 season, and featured [[Renée Fleming]] as Blanche.

=== Ballet ===
A 1952 ballet production with choreography by [[Valerie Bettis]], which [[Mia Slavenska]] and [[Frederic Franklin]]'s Slavenska-Franklin Ballet debuted at Her Majesty's Theatre in [[Montreal]], featured the music of [[Alex North]], who had composed the music for the 1951 film.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=duVcT5J4qWIC&dq=streetcar+named+desire+bettis+1952&pg=PA157|page=157|title = Williams: A Streetcar named Desire| author = Kolin, Philip C.|publisher = Cambridge University Press|year=2000|isbn=978-0-521-62610-1}}</ref>

Another ballet production was staged by [[John Neumeier]] in Frankfurt in 1983. Music included ''Visions fugitives'' by [[Prokofiev]] and [[Alfred Schnittke]]'s [[Symphony No. 1 (Schnittke)|First Symphony]].

In the mid-2000s, another production was staged by Winthrop Corey, then artistic director of Mobile Ballet.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mobileballet.org/performances/our-company/|title=mobileballet.org|access-date=August 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002060120/http://mobileballet.org/performances/our-company/|archive-date=October 2, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2006, a production was staged by John Alleyne, then artistic director of Ballet BC.

In 2012, Scottish Ballet collaborated with theatre and film director [[Nancy Meckler]] and international choreographer [[Annabelle Lopez Ochoa]] to create a staging of ''A Streetcar Named Desire''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scottishballet.co.uk/a-streetcar-named-desire/a-streetcar-named-desire.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012025021/http://www.scottishballet.co.uk/a-streetcar-named-desire/a-streetcar-named-desire.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 12, 2013|title=A Streetcar Named Desire – A Streetcar Named Desire|date=October 12, 2013|access-date=January 28, 2019}}</ref>

In 2018, the Erkel Theatre in Budapest revisited the production with Marianna Venekei choreographing, Iurii Kekalo dancing as Stanley Kowalski, Lea Földi as Blanche DuBois, and Anna Krupp as Stella.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gainsayer.me/balletbudapest/|title=A Streetcar Named Desire – Ballet in Budapest|date=May 9, 2018|website=Gainsayer.me|access-date=January 28, 2019}}</ref>

=== Television ===
{{Main|A Streetcar Named Desire (1984 film)|A Streetcar Named Desire (1995 film)}}
In 1955, the television program ''[[Omnibus (U.S. TV series)|Omnibus]]'' featured [[Jessica Tandy]] reviving her original Broadway performance as Blanche, with her husband, [[Hume Cronyn]], as Mitch. It aired only portions of the play that featured the Blanche and Mitch characters.

The 1984 television version featured [[Ann-Margret]] as Blanche, [[Treat Williams]] as Stanley, [[Beverly D'Angelo]] as Stella and [[Randy Quaid]] as Mitch. It was directed by [[John Erman]] and the teleplay was adapted by [[Oscar Saul]]. The music score by composed by [[Marvin Hamlisch]]. Ann-Margret, D'Angelo and Quaid were all nominated for [[Emmy Awards]], but none won. However, it did win four Emmys, including one for cinematographer [[Bill Butler (cinematographer)|Bill Butler]]. Ann-Margret won a [[Golden Globe]] award for her performance, and Treat Williams was nominated for Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie.

A 1995 television version was based on the highly successful Broadway revival that starred [[Alec Baldwin]] and [[Jessica Lange]]. However, only Baldwin and Lange were from the stage production. The TV version added [[John Goodman]] as Mitch and [[Diane Lane]] as Stella. This production was directed by [[Glenn Jordan]]. Baldwin, Lange and Goodman all received [[Emmy Award]] nominations. Lange won a [[Golden Globe]] award (for Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie), and Baldwin was nominated for Best Actor.

In 1998, PBS aired a taped version of the opera adaptation that featured the original [[San Francisco Opera]] cast. The program received an [[Emmy Award]] nomination for Outstanding Classical Music/Dance Program.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/shows/streetcar-named-desire-san-francisco|title="A Streetcar Named Desire" From The San Francisco|website=Television Academy|language=en|access-date=2019-06-18}}</ref>

In a 1992 episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'', "[[A Streetcar Named Marge]]", a musical version of the play, titled ''Oh, Streetcar!'', was featured. [[Ned Flanders]] and [[Marge Simpson]] took the leading roles as Stanley and Blanche, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-03-29 |title=The Simpsons - 'A Streetcar Named Marge' - CBS San Francisco |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/the-simpsons-a-streetcar-named-marge/ |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

In a 2016 episode of ''[[The Originals (TV series)|The Originals]]'', titled "A Streetcar Named Desire", Klaus Mikaelson and Elijah Mikaelson are forced to face two siblings, Tristan and Aurora de Martel, once friends but now foes.

== Inspirations ==
{{Main|Streetcars in New Orleans#Historic lines}}
[[File:DesireSpottedSTiles.jpg|right|thumb|The streetcar took its name from Desire Street in the [[9th Ward of New Orleans]].]]

The Desire Line ran from 1920 to 1948, at the height of streetcar use in New Orleans. The route ran down Royal, through the Quarter, to [[Desire Street]] in the [[Bywater, New Orleans|Bywater district]], and back up to Canal. Blanche's route in the play—"They told me to take a streetcar named Desire, transfer to one called Cemeteries and ride six blocks and get off at—Elysian Fields!"—is allegorical, taking advantage of New Orleans's colorful street names: the Desire line crossed [[Elysian Fields Avenue]] on its way to Canal Street. There, one could transfer to the Cemeteries line, which ran along Canal, blocks away from Elysian Fields.

The character of Blanche is thought to be based on Williams' sister, Rose Williams, who struggled with mental health problems and became incapacitated after a [[lobotomy]]. The success of the play enabled Williams to finance his sister's care.<ref>{{Cite web|date=12 September 1996|title=Obituary: Rose Williams|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-rose-williams-1362925.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004035717/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-rose-williams-1362925.html |archive-date=2012-10-04 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|access-date=28 May 2020|work=The Independent}}</ref> Other biographical elements include Williams' mother being a Southern lady reflected in the Southern background of Stella and Blanche, and his father being a travelling salesman (as reflected in Stanley's character) who enjoyed drinking and playing poker with his friends. Williams was born in Columbus, Mississippi and had a family home in St. Louis. The common motifs of homosexuality and mental illness in the play come from his struggle with his sexual orientation and his experience with his sister's mental illness. Stanley's loathing for Blanche's prim and proper attitude probably was inspired by Williams's father's aversion to his mother's Southern airs.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=2014-10-09|title=The Man Who Queered Broadway |url=http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/man-queered-broadway |access-date=2021-09-22|magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US}}</ref>

The theatre critic and former actress [[Blanche Marvin]], a friend of Williams, says the playwright used her name for the character Blanche DuBois, named the character's sister Stella after Marvin's former surname Zohar (which means Star), and took the play's line "I've always depended on the kindness of strangers" from something she said to him.<ref name="Clark">{{Cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/news/critic-claims-i-was-the-inspiration-for-blanche-dubois-9630885.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727002542/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/news/critic-claims-i-was-the-inspiration-for-blanche-dubois-9630885.html |archive-date=2014-07-27 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |title=Critic claims 'I was the inspiration for Blanche DuBois' |last=Clark |first=Nick |date=July 27, 2014 |work=[[The Independent]] |access-date=August 29, 2014}}</ref>

== "A Streetcar Named Success" ==
"[[A Streetcar Named Success]]" is an essay by [[Tennessee Williams]] about art and the artist's role in society. It often is included in paper editions of ''A Streetcar Named Desire''. A version of this essay first appeared in ''The New York Times'' on November 30, 1947, four days before the opening of ''A Streetcar Named Desire''. Another version of this essay, titled "The Catastrophe of Success", is sometimes used as an introduction to ''[[The Glass Menagerie]]''.

== Awards and nominations ==
=== 1948 Original Production ===
{| class=wikitable
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|style="text-align:center;", rowspan=3| 1948 || colspan=2|[[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]] || rowspan=2|[[Tennessee Williams]] || {{won}} 
|-
| [[New York Drama Critics' Circle]] || Best Play || {{won}} 
|-
| [[Tony Award]] || [[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play|Best Actress in a Play]] || [[Jessica Tandy]] || {{won}} 
|-
|}

=== 1992 Broadway Revival ===
{| class=wikitable
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! scope="col" style="width:3em;" | Year
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! scope="col" style="width:25em;"| Nominated work
! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Result
! | Ref.
|-
|style="text-align:center;", rowspan=2| 1992 || [[Tony Award]] || [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play|Best Actor in a Play]] || [[Alec Baldwin]] || {{nom}} 
|-
| [[Theater World Award]] || Best Actress in a Play || [[Jessica Lange]] || {{won}}
|-
|}

=== 1988 Broadway Revival ===
{| class=wikitable
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! scope="col" style="width:3em;" | Year
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! | Ref.
|-
|style="text-align:center;", rowspan=3|1988 || rowspan=3|[[Tony Award]] || colspan=2|[[Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play|Best Revival of a Play]] || {{nom}} ||
|-
| rowspan=2|[[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play|Best Actress in a Play]] || [[Blythe Danner]] || {{nom}} 
|-
| [[Frances McDormand]] || {{nom}} 
|-
|}

=== 2003 London Revival ===
{| class=wikitable
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! scope="col" style="width:25em;"| Nominated work
! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Result
! | Ref.
|-
|style="text-align:center;"| 2003 || [[Laurence Olivier Award]] || [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role|Best Supporting Actress in a Play]] || [[Essie Davis]] || {{won}}
|-
|}

=== 2005 Broadway Revival ===
{| class=wikitable
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! scope="col" style="width:3em;" | Year
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! | Ref.
|-
|style="text-align:center;", rowspan=3|2005 || rowspan=3|[[Tony Award]] || [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play|Best Featured Actress in a Play]] || [[Amy Ryan]] || {{nom}} || rowspan=3|
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play|Best Costume Design of a Play]] || [[William Ivey Long]] || {{nom}} 
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play|Best Lighting Design of a Play]] || [[Donald Holder]] || {{nom}} 
|-
|}

=== 2010 London Revival === 
{| class=wikitable
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! scope="col" style="width:25em;"| Nominated work
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! | Ref.
|-
|style="text-align:center;", rowspan=3| 2010 || rowspan=3|[[Laurence Olivier Award]] || colspan=2|[[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Revival|Best Revival]] || {{nom}} || rowspan=3|
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] || [[Rachel Weisz]] || {{won}}  
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role|Best Actress in a Supporting Role]] || [[Ruth Wilson (actress)|Ruth Wilson]] || {{won}} 
|-
|}

=== 2015 London Production === 
{| class=wikitable
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! scope="col" style="width:3em;" | Year
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! | Ref.
|-
|style="text-align:center;", rowspan=2| 2015 || rowspan=2|[[Laurence Olivier Award]] || colspan=2|Best Revival of a Play || {{nom}} || rowspan=2|
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] || [[Gillian Anderson]] || {{nom}} 
|-
|}

=== 2023 London Production ===
{| class=wikitable
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;" | Year
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! | Ref.
|-
|style="text-align:center;", rowspan=6|2023 || rowspan=6|[[Laurence Olivier Award]] || colspan=2|[[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Revival|Best Revival]] || {{won}} || rowspan=6|
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] || [[Paul Mescal]] || {{won}}
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] || [[Patsy Ferran]] || {{nom}}
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role|Best Actress in a Supporting Role]] || [[Anjana Vasan]] || {{won}}
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director|Best Director]] || [[Rebecca Frecknall]] || {{nom}}
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design|Best Lighting Design]] || Lee Curan || {{nom}}
|-
|}

=== 2024 Off-Broadway Production ===
{| class=wikitable
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! scope="col" style="width:3em;" | Year
! scope="col" style="width:15em;"| Award 
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! | Ref.
|-
| style="text-align:center;", rowspan=5|2025
| [[Drama League Award]]
| [[Drama League Distinguished Performance Award|Distinguished Performance Award]]
| [[Paul Mescal]]
| {{pending}}
|style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web|url= https://playbill.com/article/2025-drama-league-awards-nominations-are-out-read-the-full-list|title= 2025 Drama League Awards Nominations Are Out; Read the Full List|website= Playbill|accessdate= May 5, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2|[[Dorian Awards]]
| rowspan=2|Outstanding Performance in a Off-Broadway Play
| Patsy Ferran
| {{pending}}
| rowspan=2| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.broadwaynews.com/death-becomes-her-leads-nominations-for-dorian-theater-awards/|title= ‘Death Becomes Her’ leads nominations for Dorian Theater Awards|website= Broadwaynews|accessdate= May 15, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| Paul Mescal
| {{pending}}
|- 
| rowspan=2|[[Theater World Award]]
| rowspan=2| Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut Performance
| [[Patsy Ferran]]
| {{won}}
| align=center, rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=May 5, 2025 |title=Kit Connor, Paul Mescal, Jasmine Amy Rogers, Helen J Shen, More Are 2025 Theatre World Award Winners |url=https://playbill.com/article/kit-connor-paul-mescal-jasmine-amy-rogers-helen-j-shen-more-are-2025-theatre-world-award-winners |website=Playbill}}</ref>
|-
| [[Paul Mescal]]
| {{won}}
|-
|}

== References ==
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