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Scene One
Blanche DuBois arrives unannounced at her sister Stella's cramped apartment in New Orleans. She's shocked by the poverty of the place and immediately starts drinking Stanley's liq…
Scene Two
While Stella takes Blanche out for the evening, Stanley goes through Blanche's belongings looking for evidence about what happened to Belle Reve.
Scene Three
The men are playing poker when Stella and Blanche return home. Blanche meets Mitch, who is gentler than the other men and clearly interested in her.
Scene Four
The morning after the poker night, Blanche finds Stella calm and even happy. Blanche is desperate to get Stella to leave Stanley, and she tries to arrange an escape plan involving…
Scene Five
Blanche is writing a letter to Shep Huntleigh, still pretending she has options. Stella and Stanley argue briefly.
Scene Six
Blanche and Mitch return from a date that clearly went nowhere. Blanche is performing her usual Southern-belle routine, but Mitch is awkward and seems ready to leave.
Scene Seven
Stanley tells Stella the truth about Blanche's past while Blanche sings cheerfully in the bathroom, oblivious. He has done his research: Blanche was fired from her teaching job fo…
Scene Eight
Blanche's birthday dinner is a disaster. Mitch never shows up, and Blanche cannot hide her distress.
Scene Nine
Mitch comes to see Blanche, but not to reconcile. He confronts her with everything Stanley told him and demands she stop pretending.
Scene Ten
Blanche is alone, drinking, and has dressed herself in old party clothes and costume jewelry. She is talking to imaginary admirers.
Scene Eleven
Blanche has completely lost her grip on reality. Stanley and his friends play poker again while Stella and Eunice wait with Blanche for a doctor from a mental institution.
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