STAGE DIRECTIONS
“daintily dressed in a white suit…looking as if she were arriving at a summer tea or cocktail party.”
“the power and pride of a richly feathered male bird among hens.”
BLANCHE LIGHT
SOUND EFFECTS
blue piano” motif is heard whenever the action intensifies, reflecting the “spirit of the life which goes on here.”
The “Varsouviana” polka intrudes during Blanche’s breakdowns, as she recalls her husband’s death.
: During the rape scene, Blanche’s “inhuman cries” and the rising “jungle noises” reflect primal violence.
CHARECTIRISATION
: Blanche insists, “I don’t want realism, I want magic!”
Stanley declares, “Every man is a king!” and exposes Blanche’s lies, saying she has been “washed up like poison.”
Stella admits she “couldn’t believe her story and go on living with Stanley.”