"Blanche Marvin Blanche Marvin , (born 1925, formerly Blanche Zohar), is a UK-based, American theatre critic, producer, playwright and former actor. Marvin was born in New York City, New York, in January 1925. She created the Empty Space Peter Brook award in 1991 and funds it personally. A friend of Tennessee Williams, she says the playwright used her name for the character Blanche DuBois in ""A Streetcar Named Desire"", named the character's sister Stella after Marvin's former name ""Zohar"" (which means ""Star""), and took the play's line ""I've always depended on the kindness of strangers"" from something she said to"
"finest plays of the 20th century, and is considered by many to be Williams' greatest work. After the loss of her family home, Belle Reve, to creditors, Blanche DuBois travels from the small town of Laurel, Mississippi, to the New Orleans French Quarter to live with her younger, married sister, Stella, and brother-in-law, Stanley Kowalski. Blanche is in her thirties and, with no money, has nowhere else to go. Blanche tells Stella that she has taken a leave of absence from her English-teaching position because of her nerves (which is later revealed to be a lie). Blanche laments the shabbiness"
"and Stanley, drunk and powerful, rapes her. This event, coupled with the fact that Stella does not believe her, sends Blanche over the edge into a nervous breakdown. In the final scene, Blanche is led off to a mental hospital by a matron and a kind-hearted doctor. After a brief struggle, Blanche smilingly acquiesces as she loses all contact with reality, addressing the doctor with the most famous line in the play: ""Whoever you are...I have always depended on the kindness of strangers."" Blanche DuBois has been portrayed several times on stage and on screen. Jessica Tandy received a Tony"
"René-Daniel Dubois René-Daniel Dubois (born July 20, 1955 in Montreal) is a Québécois playwright and actor. He is best known for his 1985 play ""Being at Home with Claude"", which was adapted into an award-winning film in 1992 and the 2009 thriller drama ""5150 Elm's Way"". He was also a winner of the Governor General's Award for French language drama in 1984 for ""Ne blâmez jamais les Bédouins"". Dubois' other plays have included ""Panique à Longueuil"", ""2 contes parmi tant d’autres pour une tribu perdue"", ""26 bis, impasse du colonel Foisy"", ""Le printemps, monsieur Deslauriers"" and ""Le Troisième fils du"
"Marie Dubois Marie Dubois (born Claudine Lucie Pauline Huzé; 12 January 1937 – 15 October 2014) was a Parisian-born French actress. She studied at l'École de la rue Blanche (ENSATT) and made her film debut in 1959, first gaining notice the next year as Léna in ""Shoot the Piano Player"". She has since played mainly supporting roles. In the 1960s she appeared in New Wave films such as ""Jules and Jim"" and ""The Thief of Paris"", thrillers like ""Hot Line"", and comedies like ""La Ronde"", ""La Grande Vadrouille"", and ""Monte Carlo or Bust"". Other film appearances by Dubois during the"
"Charles-Hippolyte Dubois-Davesnes Charles-Hippolyte Dubois, better known as Dubois-Davesnes, (23 December 1800 [2 nivôse an IX] – 29 June 1874) was a 19th-century French playwright, actor, theatre director and theatre manager. The sculptor Marguerite-Fanny Dubois-Davesnes (1832-1900) was his daughter. A jeweler worker and first prize for tragedy, he began his career at a very young age and aged 16 had his first play ""Maître Frontin à Londres"" presented at Théâtre de la Gaîté 17 April 1816. He made his actor debut 29 October 1822 at Théâtre de l'Odéon then was hired at Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique (1825), at théâtre du Vaudeville (1827–1828),"
"again at l'Ambigu (1828-1829) then at l'Odéon (1830) where he obtained a great success in ""La Tour de Nesle"" by Alexandre Dumas. Stage director of the Théâtre du Gymnase then of the Théâtre des Variétés (1830-1850), he was general manager of the Théâtre-Français from 1850 to 1873. His plays were given on the most important Parisian stages of his time. He also used the pen names Davenne, Davesne, Dubois, Dubois aîné and Dubois d'Avesnes. Charles-Hippolyte Dubois-Davesnes Charles-Hippolyte Dubois, better known as Dubois-Davesnes, (23 December 1800 [2 nivôse an IX] – 29 June 1874) was a 19th-century French playwright, actor, theatre"
"a society that was, and still is, so preoccupied with class and accent."" Bloom has appeared in a number of plays and theatrical works in both London and New York. Those works include ""Look Back in Anger"", ""Rashomon"", and Bloom's favourite role, that of Blanche DuBois, in a revival of the Tennessee Williams play, 'Duel of Angels'(by Jean Giraudoux) costarring with Vivien Leigh in 1958, ""A Streetcar Named Desire"", which played in London in 1974. Critic Clive Barnes described the play as a ""notable example of what the classic revival should be – well groomed, but thoughtful, expressive, illuminating."" Another"
"her performances as Blanche Dubois in A Streetcar Named Desire, Puck in The Faerie Queen, Fate in Carmina Burana, and the Elder in The Rite of Spring. She has also created roles with James Kudelka, Crystal Pite, Dominique Dumais, Mikko Nissenen, and Jean Grand-Maitre and has been featured in the works of William Forsythe, Paul Taylor, Nicolo Fonte, Jiri Kylian, Martha Graham, and Twyla Tharp, among others. Orlando also taught and set repertoire on the dancers of Ballet BC and the pre-professionals in the Ballet BC Mentor Program. Orlando’s career as a choreographer began in 1997. Her work has been"
"originally wrote her part as a supporting character, but after Lange acquired the role, they expanded it considerably. Murphy, a long-time admirer of Lange, stated that he chose her because he wanted to expose her work to a new generation of viewers. He also singled out her performance as Blanche DuBois on Broadway in 1992, which he saw twice, as his favorite performance, citing it as another motivating factor in hiring Lange. The show was a huge success not only for the network and creators, but also for Lange, who experienced a resurgence in her popularity, receiving rave reviews and"
"1989 (""Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series""). Nettleton appeared in a 2006 Christmas TV movie special, ""The Christmas Card"". A life member of the Actors Studio, Nettleton made her Broadway debut in the 1949 production of Dalton Trumbo's play, ""The Biggest Thief in Town"" using the name Lydia Scott. She appeared in a 1959 off-Broadway production of ""Look Charlie"", which was written by her future husband, humorist Jean Shepherd. She received critical praise for her performance as Blanche DuBois in a 1973 revival of ""A Streetcar Named Desire"". Nettleton was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance as"
"(2017). Aside from film and television, Anderson has taken on the stage and received both awards and critical acclaim. Her stage work includes ""Absent Friends"" (1991) – for which she won a Theatre World Award for Best Newcomer, ""A Doll's House"" (2009) – that earned her a Laurence Olivier Award nomination, and a portrayal of Blanche DuBois in ""A Streetcar Named Desire"" (2014, 2016) – for which she won the ""Evening Standard"" Theatre Award for Best Actress and received her second Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress. Anderson is the co-writer of ""The Earthend Saga"" novel trilogy and the"
"professeur Yourolov"", as well as the French translation of Timothy Findley's ""Elizabeth Rex"" (""Elizabeth, roi d'Angleterre"") and the French-Canadian adaptation of Mary Jones's ""Stones in His Pockets"" (""Des roches dans ses poches""). He is openly gay. René-Daniel Dubois René-Daniel Dubois (born July 20, 1955 in Montreal) is a Québécois playwright and actor. He is best known for his 1985 play ""Being at Home with Claude"", which was adapted into an award-winning film in 1992 and the 2009 thriller drama ""5150 Elm's Way"". He was also a winner of the Governor General's Award for French language drama in 1984 for ""Ne"
"lay in audience members attending to see what they believed would be a salacious story, rather than the Greek tragedy that they envisioned. The play also had strong supporters, among them Noël Coward, who described Leigh as ""magnificent"". After 326 performances, Leigh finished her run, and she was soon assigned to reprise her role as Blanche DuBois in the film version of the play. Her irreverent and often bawdy sense of humour allowed her to establish a rapport with Brando, but she had an initial difficulty in working with director Elia Kazan, who was displeased with the direction that Olivier"
"follow her whenever she appears"". A year later she appeared in Frankcom's production of ""The Skriker"", as ""Caryl Churchill's shape-shifting, doom-wreaking fairy"". ""The Guardian""'s Lyn Gardner listed the production in her top ten British plays of the year. In 2016, Peake resumed her partnership with Royal Exchange Artistic Director, Sarah Frankcom, to star as Blanche Dubois in Tennessee Williams' ""A Streetcar Named Desire"". Peake's performance in the role garnered critical acclaim with The Guardian describing her performance as ""exquisite"" and ""breathtaking."" In 2017 it was announced that Peake is to star in Mike Leigh's next feature, ""Peterloo"", a feature film"
"of Tennessee Williams' ""Suddenly Last Summer"", ""What's on Stage"" called her ""captivating"", stating that she brought ""a degree of credibility to a difficult part"". The same year, Weisz appeared in Neil LaBute's ""The Shape of Things"" at the Almeida Theatre, then temporarily located in London's King's Cross. CurtainUp called her ""a sophisticated, independent artist"" with ""great stage presence"". In 2009, she appeared as Blanche DuBois, in Rob Ashford's revival of the play ""A Streetcar Named Desire"". Her performance in the play was praised by the critics, the ""Daily Telegraph"" noted that she ""rises to the challenge magnificently"". Weisz and her"
"a character based on the humanitarian photographer Lisa Kristine. The film presents the issues of child trafficking and sexual slavery in India, and is based on Patricia McCormick's novel of the same name. In July 2014, Anderson gained critical acclaim for her stage performance as Blanche DuBois in ""A Streetcar Named Desire"" by Tennessee Williams at the Young Vic Theatre in London. She won the ""Evening Standard"" Theatre Award for Best Actress and received her second Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress. The production became the fastest-selling show in the theatre's history, and the run was extended by two"
"Kowalski, an egotistical brother-in-law, from ""A Streetcar Named Desire"". In the play (and 1951 film adaptation), Stanley epitomizes the tough, alpha-male (hypermasculine) archetype, socially and physically dominating and imposing his will upon his wife and her sister, Blanche Dubois. Bound up with Stanley's aggressive and occasionally misogynistic views is a strong sense of pride and honor which leads to his hatred of Blanche. In the play ""A View from the Bridge"" by Arthur Miller, one of the main characters, Eddie, is a classic type who displays machismo. He wants to be the best of the men around him and when"
"suggested on the stage."" This character description is vague enough to allow the director of this production to make their own decision as to how they want to portray Laura. There is enough ambiguity for the director to take the responsibility of showcasing disability as they see fit. Blanche DuBois, a character in ""A Streetcar Named Desire"", is unable to find inner happiness and fails to see the true beauty that she embodies. Because of this, she relies on the male figure for temporary fulfillment. This could be due to the extreme loss she has experienced in her lifetime. The"
"Truffaut finally saw Dubois perform on a TV show and immediately wanted to cast her shortly before filming began. Dubois's real name was ""Claudine Huzé"" and Truffaut changed it to Marie Dubois because she reminded him of the titular character of his friend Jacques Audiberti's novel ""Marie Dubois"". Audiberti later approved of the actress's new stage name. Truffaut later told a reporter that Dubois was ""neither a 'dame' nor a 'sex kitten'; she is neither 'lively' nor 'saucey'. But she's a perfectly worthy young girl with whom it's conceivable you could fall in love and be loved in return."" Filming"
"Public Theater, playing the role of Pat Nixon. Walsh's work includes national touring productions of ""Oklahoma!"", ""Les Misérables"", the 1990 US tour of Chess, for which her performance as Svetlana earned her a Carbonell Award, and the 1984 national tour of ""Nine,"" in which she reprised her role as Francesca from the Broadway production. Regionally, Walsh has been seen in ""Houdini"" in 1997 and ""Exactly Like You"" in 1998 at Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut. She starred in Gretna Theatre's 1997 production of ""A Streetcar Named Desire"" as Blanche DuBois. Walsh replaced Donna Bullock in the role of Mother in"
"with her new hard rock band, Six Hour Sundown, performing at venues in the UK as well as the European Graspop, Download, and Sonisphere festivals. She frequently performs barefoot. Harris commenced a new musical project, Kingdom of I, working with songwriter Dave Stewart and drummer Shauney Recke. Harris is a graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and the Oxford School of Drama and has appeared in numerous stage productions, highlighting with a London production as the role of Blanche Dubois in ""Streetcar Named Desire"". Harris has appeared in the feature film ""Adrift in Soho."". Harris began"
"Later, he would observe that he ""lost Vivien"" in Australia. The success of the tour encouraged the Oliviers to make their first West End appearance together, performing the same works with one addition, ""Antigone,"" included at Leigh's insistence because she wished to play a role in a tragedy. Leigh next sought the role of Blanche DuBois in the West End stage production of Tennessee Williams's ""A Streetcar Named Desire"" and was cast after Williams and the play's producer Irene Mayer Selznick saw her in ""The School for Scandal"" and ""Antigone""; Olivier was contracted to direct. The play contained a rape"
"a lobotomy. Theatre critic and former actress Blanche Marvin, a friend of Williams, says the playwright used her name for the character Blanche DuBois, named the character's sister Stella after Marvin's former surname ""Zohar"" (which means ""Star""), and took the play's line ""I've always depended on the kindness of strangers"" from something she said to him. ""A Streetcar Named Success"" is an essay by Tennessee Williams about art and the artist's role in society. It is often included in paper editions of ""A Streetcar Named Desire"". A version of this essay first appeared in ""The New York Times"" on November"
"in ""French Kiss"", with Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline. She can be heard on the London cast recordings of ""Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens"" (1993) and ""Fame"" (1995) (as Miss Sherman, the English teacher). Brown played the Negro Woman in the 2001 play ""A Streetcar Named Desire"" at the Royal National Theatre (Lyttelton), in London, directed by Trevor Nunn and starring Glenn Close as Blanche DuBois. She also appeared in the 2001 film ""Wit"", where she has a brief exchange with Emma Thompson (who plays Vivian Bearing), as the second technician. In 2004, Brown appeared as Idella in"
"""Knots"" at Tate Britain (2013) as well as Chodzko's radio and performance piece, ""Rising"" (2013), for solo actor, which she performed live in Newcastle, UK at the Great North Run/British Science Festival, and at Manchester University, UK at the ""Ways of Seeing Climate Change"" conference (October 2013). Egolf has also created written works, such as her invited guest contribution to the online experimental art curatorial project ""Out of Focus"". She also wrote a blog of her rehearsal experience playing Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire at The Guthrie Theater. As a director and producer; Egolf created and directed the"
"Manitoba Theatre Centre/MTC), Blanche Dubois in ""A Streetcar Named Desire"" by Tennessee Williams (Theatre New Brunswick), Eliza Dollitle in ""Pygmalion"" and the title role in ""Candida"" by George Bernard Shaw (Shaw Festival), ""Medea"" by Euripides and ""Hedda Gabler"" by Henrik Ibsen (MTC), Blanche Dubois again at MTC, ""Wit"" by Margaret Edson at the Canadian Stage Company, ""Orpheus Descending"" by Tennessee Williams at the Manitoba Theatre Centre and Royal Alexandra Theatre, """" by John Patrick Shanley at the Canadian Stage Company, ""Phèdre"" by Jean Racine (American Conservatory Theater), and ""The Year of Magical Thinking"" by Joan Didion (Belfry Theatre, Tarragon Theatre,"
"of her sister's two-room flat. She finds Stanley loud and rough, eventually referring to him as ""common"". Stanley, in return, does not care for Blanche's manners and dislikes her presence. Stanley later questions Blanche about her earlier marriage. Blanche had married when she was very young, but her husband died, leaving her widowed and alone. The memory of her dead husband causes Blanche some obvious distress. Stanley, worried that he has been cheated out of an inheritance, demands to know what happened to Belle Reve, once a large plantation and the DuBois family home. Blanche hands over all the documents"
"Ophelia (opposite John Gielgud's legendary Hamlet) and Katherine (opposite Laurence Olivier's Henry V). During this period, she also worked in a number of British films. Following the end of her marriage to the British actor Jack Hawkins, she moved to New York in 1940, where she met Canadian actor Hume Cronyn. He became her second husband and frequent partner on stage and screen. She received the Tony Award for best performance by a Leading Actress in A Play for her performance as Blanche DuBois in the original Broadway production of ""A Streetcar Named Desire"" in 1948. Tandy shared the prize"
"Katharine Hepburn, whom she admires for playing strong and independent women, as one of her inspirations. Keaton is a 1964 graduate of Santa Ana High School in Santa Ana, California. During her time there, she participated in singing and acting clubs at school, and starred as Blanche DuBois in a school production of ""A Streetcar Named Desire"". After graduation, she attended Santa Ana College, and later Orange Coast College as an acting student, but dropped out after a year to pursue an entertainment career in Manhattan. Upon joining the Actors' Equity Association, she changed her surname to Keaton, her mother's"
"Dunaway portrayed Blanche DuBois in a Los Angeles stage adaptation of Tennessee Williams's ""A Streetcar Named Desire"". ""It was a fun performance for me, but hard, very draining. At the height of the madness each night, I would go from standing straight up to falling to my knees, in one swift move."" Williams himself praised Dunaway for her performance, ""He told me later that he thought I was brave and adorable and reminded him of a precocious child, and that my performance ranked with the very best. It was high praise indeed coming from him."" Also in 1973, Dunaway appeared"
"in London’s West End) and Jean Anouilh’s Ring Round the Moon with Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on Broadway, directed by Gerald Gutierrez. Off-Broadway, Egolf has appeared in Davey Holmes’ More Lies About Jerzy at The Vineyard Theater and a number of new plays with Second Stage Theatre, The Flea Theater (in Polly Draper’s ""Getting Into Heaven""), The Women’s Project Theatre, and Dodger Stages (now New World Stages) (in ""Modern Orthodox"", directed by James Lapine). Egolf has also worked in many American regional theaters. She received critical acclaim for her Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire at The"
"Brantley said, ""DuBois has been pulled gently and firmly down to earth by Ms. Blanchett and Ms. Ullmann ... What Ms. Blanchett brings to the character is life itself, a primal survival instinct ... Ms. Ullmann and Ms. Blanchett have performed the play as if it had never been staged before, with the result that, as a friend of mine put it, ""you feel like you're hearing words you thought you knew pronounced correctly for the first time."""" ""The Washington Post""s Peter Marks proclaimed, ""What Blanchett achieves in the Sydney Theatre Company's revelatory revival of ""A Streetcar Named Desire"" amounts"