A Street Car Named Desire A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1947 play written by American playwright Tennessee Williams. Through Tennessee’s writing he employs powerful dramatic techniques to leave us contemplating interesting ideas. The play is about a woman named Blanch Dubois who visits her sister in New Orleans, running from her past and the recent loss of the family home. Williams leaves us contemplating interesting ideas of conflict, desire and fate through his use of symbolism, contrast and the