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Streetcar Named Desire and Other Plays
by Tennessee Williams
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0141182563
- ISBN 13
- 9780141182568
- Seller
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Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Penguin Books, 2000. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 320 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Theatre & Plays; ISBN: 0141182563. ISBN/EAN: 9780141182568. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: RB15699. . 9780141182568
Synopsis
A Streetcar Named Desire is a play written by Tennessee Williams that opened on Broadway on December 3, 1947.The story dramatises the life of Blanche DuBois, a Southern belle, after going through a series of personal losses, leaves her aristocratic background seeking refuge with her sister and brother-in-law in a New Orleans apartment building. Considered to be Williams’ most popular work, it is one of the best and most critically successful plays of the 20th century. The play has inspired many adaptations in other forms, notably producing an acclaimed film that was released in 1951.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RB15699
- Title
- Streetcar Named Desire and Other Plays
- Author
- Tennessee Williams
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0141182563
- ISBN 13
- 9780141182568
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- BZDB1 bards and minstrels, dead souls and dark alleys, masterclass theater, pulitzer - drama, southern discomfort, tennessee williams, wake up calls, women Theatre & Plays; ISBN: 0141182563 EAN: 9780141182568 Tennessee Williams Streetcar Named Desir
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About the Seller
Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
Biblio member since 2004
Katoomba, New South Wales
About Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
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- Octavo
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- Tight
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