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A Streetcar Named Desire

Ethel Barrymore Theatre, (12/3/1947 - 12/17/1949)
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Opening:Dec 3, 1947   
Closing:Dec 17, 1949 Total Performances:855


Category: Play, Drama, Original, Broadway
Description: A drama in two acts
Setting: Spring, Summer and early Fall in New Orleans.





by opening date


Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization; Theatre Operated by the Barrymore Theatre Corporation

Produced by Irene M. Selznick


Directed by Elia Kazan

Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner; Costume Design by Lucinda Ballard; Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner; Assistant to Mr. Mielziner: John Harvey and Arthur H. Ross; Assistant to Mrs. Ballard: Ellen Freeman

Company Manager: Max Siegel

Production Stage Manager: Robert Downing; Stage Manager: Jose Véga and Jean Platt

Musical Advisor: Lehman Engel

Assistant to the Producer: Irving Schneider; Press Representative: Ben Kornzweig; Advertising: Blaine-Thompson and Fred Golden; Production Assistant: Ethel Winant


Opening Night Cast

Marlon Brando Stanley Kowalski  
Jessica Tandy Blanche Du Bois  
Kim Hunter Stella Kowalski  
Karl Malden Harold Mitchell
"Mitch" 
 
Rudy Bond Steve Hubbell  
Vito Christi Young Collector  
Nick Dennis Pablo Gonzales  
Ann Dere Strange Woman  
Richard Garrick Strange Man  
Peg Hillias
Broadway debut 
Eunice Hubbell  
Gee Gee James Negro Woman  
Edna Thomas Mexican Woman