A Streetcar Named Desire

1947 US play by Tennessee Williams
VisualArtwork literary_work Q842106
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A Streetcar Named Desire

Summary

A Streetcar Named Desire is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 0.36% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,802 views/month, #103 of 28,446).[2]

Key Facts

  • A Streetcar Named Desire authored Tennessee Williams[3].
  • A Streetcar Named Desire received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama[4].
  • A Streetcar Named Desire's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • A Streetcar Named Desire's genre is Southern Gothic[6].
  • A Streetcar Named Desire's Commons category is recorded as A Streetcar Named Desire[7].
  • A Streetcar Named Desire's language of work or name is recorded as American English[8].
  • A Streetcar Named Desire's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • 1947 marks the founding of A Streetcar Named Desire[10].
  • A Streetcar Named Desire was released on 1947[11].
  • A Streetcar Named Desire's characters is recorded as Blanche DuBois[12].
  • A Streetcar Named Desire's characters is recorded as Stella Kowalski[13].
  • A Streetcar Named Desire's characters is recorded as Stanley Kowalski[14].
  • A Streetcar Named Desire's characters is recorded as Harold "Mitch" Mitchell[15].
  • A Streetcar Named Desire's characters is recorded as Eunice Hubbell[16].
  • A Streetcar Named Desire's characters is recorded as Steve Hubbell[17].
  • A Streetcar Named Desire's characters is recorded as Pablo Gonzales[18].
  • A Streetcar Named Desire's has edition or translation is recorded as A Streetcar Named Desire[19].
  • A Streetcar Named Desire's narrative location is recorded as French Quarter[20].
  • A Streetcar Named Desire's narrative location is recorded as Downtown New Orleans[21].
  • A Streetcar Named Desire's topic's main category is recorded as Category:A Streetcar Named Desire[22].
  • A Streetcar Named Desire's main subject is domestic violence[23].
  • A Streetcar Named Desire's date of first performance is recorded as December 3, 1947[24].
  • A Streetcar Named Desire's topic has template is recorded as Template:A Streetcar Named Desire[25].
  • A Streetcar Named Desire's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'A Streetcar Named Desire'}[26].
  • A Streetcar Named Desire's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'A Streetcar Named Desire'}[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Other[28]

  • Secondary type(s): Audio drama[29]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 49b0bca9-1e5e-447b-bc47-7a80a121923b[30]

Body

Authorship and Creation

A Streetcar Named Desire authored Tennessee Williams[3].

Publication

A Streetcar Named Desire was released on 1947[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as American English[8]. Its genre is Southern Gothic[6].

Subject and Themes

A Streetcar Named Desire's main subject is domestic violence[23].

Reception

A Streetcar Named Desire received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama[4].

Cultural Impact

Things named for A Streetcar Named Desire include A Streetcar Named Marge[31], a television series episode[32], directed by Rich Moore[33].

Why It Matters

A Streetcar Named Desire ranks in the top 0.36% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,802 views/month, #103 of 28,446).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Entities named for it include A Streetcar Named Marge[31], a television series episode[32], directed by Rich Moore[33].

FAQs

What awards did A Streetcar Named Desire receive?

Honors received include Pulitzer Prize for Drama[4].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . pulitzer.org. pulitzer.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has edition or translation A Streetcar Named Desire
    Award received Pulitzer Prize for Drama
    Genre Southern Gothic
    Country of origin United States
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