New Orleans at the end of the 1940s. The passionate relationship of Stella and Stanley Kowalski, two people from different worlds – Stella the daughter of a decadent family of southern aristocrats, Stanley a coarse second-generation Polish immigrant – takes place in an attractively down-at-heel part of the city set against a melancholy jazz soundtrack. That is, until Blanche Dubois, Stella's sister, turns up at their house. Blanche is weighed down by the baggage of desperation, family burdens and a fragile psyche that means she prefers to live in a world of fantasy rather than the painful reality. Williams's multi-layered play is a study of frustration, failure and the relentless passage of time, reflecting a harsh world that rejects or destroys anyone who cannot fit into it.
The play established Tennessee Williams as one of the world’s most important writers. Written in 1947, it premiered at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York in a production directed by Elia Kazan, and won the Pulitzer Prize. In 1951 it became a worldwide success when it was adapted for the screen by the same director in a film starring Vivien Leigh as Blanche and Marlon Brando as Stanley. Since then, it has been produced on innumerable occasions around the world, although this is the first time it has been staged by the National Theatre of Greece.
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Saturday, Sunday & public holidays:
(single price) €18
Wednesday & Thursday:
General admission €15
Friday:
General admission €13
ZILLER BUILDING - STAGE "NIKOS KOURKOULOS"
Wednesday - Saturday: 20:00
Sunday: 19:30
Duration: 180', with intermission
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creation team
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Thanassis Sarantos
Translator, director -
Asi Dimitrolopoulou
Set design -
Lina Motsiou
Costume design -
Konstantinos Euangelidis
Music -
Evi Oikonomou
Movement -
Melina Mascha
Lighting design -
Dimitris Kakavoulas
Directing assistant -
Markos Tsoumas
Associate dramaturg -
Fani Paitaki
Set design assistant -
Sophia Tabler
Costume design assistant -
Tasos Bakasietas
Sound design assistant -
Agathi Dimitrouka
Lyrics -
Amalia Vogiatzi
Lighting design assistant -
Hair design
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Olga Faleichyk
Make up design -
Irene Moundraki
Production dramaturg