Theatre

A streetcar named desire

Company Toneelgroep Amsterdam & Toneelschuur Haarlem
Production 2008

Fleeing from the past, Blanche invades the home of her sister Stella and brother-in-law Stanley. With her provocations and manipulations she sets in motion an exciting game of poker. A game in which eroticism and hatred, reality and fantasy, desire and fear of abandonment compete for precedence, and in which the astute, sexually liberated and post-modern Blanche and the traditionally and patriarchal thinking Stanley come together against each other. A confrontation that gets out of hand and leads to psychological disruption of the four players and ultimately to an act of despair. In De Vroedt's version of A Streetcar Named Desire, Stanley is played by an actor of Moroccan descent. It exacerbates the conflict between the immigrant Stanley and the sisters Stella and Blanche, an impoverished elite.

Cast

Mohammed Azaay (Stanley), Tamar van den Dop (Blanche), Janni Goslinga, Wouter van Oord, Cigdem Teke, Leon Voorberg

Credits

Directed by: Eric de Vroedt

Author: Tennessee Williams

Translation: Eric de Kuyper, Céline Linssen

Scenography: Maze de Boer

Light: Casper Leemhuis

Music, sound: Florentijn Boddendijk, Remco de Jong

Costumes: Lotte Goos

Photo: Sanne Peper
Photo: Sanne Peper
Photo: Sanne Peper
Photo: Sanne Peper
Photo: Sanne Peper
Photo: Sanne Peper
Photo: Sanne Peper
Photo: Sanne Peper
Photo: Sanne Peper