Article: TITLE DEED HOW THE BOOK GOT ITS NAME 'A Streetcar Named Desire' by tennessee williams

Tennessee Williams's most influential play was originally called The Moth, then changed to Blanche's Chair in the Moon, then to The Poker Night, before he lighted on A Streetcar Named Desire. He explained the title's origin in an essay of 1946: 'I live near the main street of the Quarter. Down this street, running on the same tracks, are two streetcars, one named "Desire" and the other named "Cemeteries". Their ...

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