SOPHIE PARROTT CDG
A Streetcar Named Desire (Manchester Royal Exchange)
January 03, 2023
I don't want realism. I want magic!
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In the New Orleans house of Stanley and Stella Kowalski, a visitor arrives. Debt has sunk the family home in Mississippi and Stella’s fragile sister Blanche is coming to stay.
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As the summer heat floats up from the sidewalk and the liquor gets poured, Blanche invades her sister’s marriage and ignites a dark and violent conflict with the brooding and bullish Stanley.
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Associate Artist Maxine Peake takes on the iconic role of Blanche DuBois, a woman living on stories of a glamorous past but frightened of what the future might hold.
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Reunited with Manchester Royal Exchange Artistic Director Sarah Frankcom, following their critically acclaimed productions of Hamlet and The Skriker, the pair take on Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer-Prize winning masterpiece.
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Manchester Royal Exchange performance dates: 8 SEPTEMBER 2016 - 15 OCTOBER 2016
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Casting to be announced. Co-cast with Jerry Knight-Smith CDG.
A Streetcar Named Desire (Manchester Royal Exchange)
A thrilling new production at the Manchester Royal Exchange of Tennesse Williams' classic play.
September - October 2016.
I don't want realism. I want magic!
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In the New Orleans house of Stanley and Stella Kowalski, a visitor arrives. Debt has sunk the family home in Mississippi and Stella’s fragile sister Blanche is coming to stay.
​
As the summer heat floats up from the sidewalk and the liquor gets poured, Blanche invades her sister’s marriage and ignites a dark and violent conflict with the brooding and bullish Stanley.
​
Associate Artist Maxine Peake takes on the iconic role of Blanche DuBois, a woman living on stories of a glamorous past but frightened of what the future might hold.
​
Reunited with Exchange Artistic Director Sarah Frankcom, following their critically acclaimed productions of Hamlet and The Skriker, the pair take on Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer-Prize winning masterpiece.
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Co-cast with Jerry Knight-Smith CDG.
