Director Joe Hasham is taking on A Streetcar Named Desire for the fourth time, with this iteration adapting the iconic Tennessee Williams play in Mandarin. A Pulitzer Prize-winning play that became an Oscar-winning movie, the story follows Blanche Dubois, who leaves behind a privileged life and moves into a shabby New Orleans apartment with her sister, Stella, and Stella’s brutish husband, Stanley - but there is more to Blanche’s past than she is letting on. We review the production, and talk about what this staging adds to the classic story.

Image source: Chew Seng Cheong

Produced by: Sharmilla Ganesan

Presented by: Sharmilla Ganesan

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Categories:  performing arts

Tags:  mandarin play,  everyone's a critic,  play,  theatre,  malaysian theatre,  performing arts,