A streetcar named desire (writing task)

a) Imagine that while Stella is in hospital after having the baby, she writes an entry in her diary about how she feels about returning home to Stanley and Blanche. Write this diary entry in which Stella expresses her hopes and fears for the future. 

You should give careful consideration to your language choices and style. Write in dramatic form and dialogue suitable for the characters.


Dear Diary,


This is the second day in hospital and I'm feeling very tired and stressful. I am still thinking of Blanche and her smiles, her laughs and cries. I'm just hoping that my baby can be able to see his aunt, still at home, waiting for us, for me. I'm such a fool! What would happen in the future, would we still be a family Stanley and I ? I still cannot believe that he would do such a thing, it can't be true. He wouldn't do that to Blanche, he didn't do that to me but then again, he has been slightly rude to me nowadays. I should have listened to her. I remember back when we were in Belle Reve, she was the quiet one and I was always the 'loud one' as she would say. Now it seems that she's the loud one.

Scenes 2/3

(Mitch, Stanley and Steve are sitting down at the table, playing cards, talking amongst each other, While Blanche and Stella have gone for a walk.)

Steve: Have you heard about Blanche recently? I feel sorry for stella, she has to put up with that drama.

Stanley: Yeah, its kind of stressful, but why you bringing it to heart. I feel sorry for you; you've got Eunice.

Steve: Ok. point taken but I wonder how Stella putting up with it?

Mitch: Hey, would you two stop gossiping? You even worse than Stella and Blanche put together. I don't think anythings wrong with Blanche, maybe she just needs someone for company.

Steve: Hey, have you got a thing for her?Eh? Hey, our boys in love!

Mitch: Close your mouth. Defending her is not falling for her.

(Stanley looks at Mitch intently, shuffling his cards)

Scene One of A Streetcar Named Desire

Scene One
(First the audience is introduced to a calmful surrounding with a stop for waiting passengers for Streetcar uses. Sounds of seagulls and calmfull waves are present as it drifts through the neighbourhoods and streets.The character, 'Blanche' is looking around the area as she gets off a streetcar however she is lost.)

(Blanche looks around the stop and spots two rich white ladies who wear fur scarves and expensive jewellery, talking amongst each other, she takes her chance and goes to ask where her destination is.)

Blanche:(Nervously) Excuse me? er... do you know which streetcar I need to get, to get to 'Elysian fields'?

Woman 1: No ( Looking Blanche and down)
Woman 2: Err, wait I think I do. You have to get the Desire Line. You can wait here for it.(Politely)

(The Character Blanche is nervously travelling on the streetcar to Elysian fields. The sound of cars and traffic are a mere distraction to her as she thinks of what her sister will say to her. She fidgets looking around unsure and disappointed that her sister may live around a 'dirty' part of New Orleans. Her face holds a number of experssions helping us determine exactly how shes feeling, while we get to familiar ourselves with the area in which Blanche arrives in.)

A Streetcar Named Desire (unfinished)

A Streetcar Named Desire was written by Tennessee Williams who worked as a playwright in an American theatre. Born on the 26th March, in Mississippi into a conservative Protestant family, Tennessee was found to be completely by his older sister, Rose's, side. During his youth he was known as 'Tom' and found that his company mostly was spent with his sister and his black nursemaid 'Ozzie'. It was found that Tennessee got some of his inspirational backgroung from his sister who was later lobotomized in 1937. He may have related the character 'Blanche' to his sister. At the age of 16, he won third prize for an essay which was followed by him writing a short story which was sucessfully published in a magazine,'Weird Tales'. From 1929-1931 he attended the university of Missiouri, from then on his passion for writing grew especially when he was bored of the nine-five work.He had many influences which did not come mostly from his parents as their relationship was not working and it seems Tennessee was not fond of this. His play, A Streetcar Named Desire cured his place of being a succesful writer and a lot of publicity was found to be upon it, good and bad. However, this was a start and on Wednesday, October 12th 1949 the first London production of this play was performed at the Aldwych Theatre.


The Story
A Streetcar Desire is set during the restless years after WW2 in 1947, New Orleans, where America had just recovered.
This is centered mostly centered around the two characters Blanche and Stanley, both from different sides of society.

The Meaning Behind The Title

Williams may have picked this title because of the real streetcar that ran on the Desire line 1920-1948. The knowledge of this is present in the play when Blanche mentions this ,"They told me to take a streetcar named Desire, transfer to one called Cemeteries and ride six blocks and get off at..."

Bandleader and Trumpeter Louis Armstrong

Music

 Jazz, the Blues and Ragtime had been the centre highlight of New Orleans music. Jazz in general has a lot of history behind it especially as it is a mix of African and European music traditions, which come in different forms from the earliest time of a Big band-style swing to the modern 'nu Jazz'. At the early stages of this type of music, it was during the roaring twenties when reputations where not highly in a good position, this seemed was blamed a new era and 'Jazz'.