Tennessee Williams relies on expressionistic techniques in many of his plays, including Streetcar.
Expressionism is originally associated with fine arts:
Read a characterisation of the movement, or this other one.
Norwegian artist Edvard Munch was a key forerunner. This is his most famous work, The Scream (1893)
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A German representative artist is Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. This is Self-Portrait as a Soldier (1915)
The epigraph of the play is taken from "The Broken Tower" by Hart Crane. Read the full poem
The stage directions to Scene 3 ("The Poker Night") mention a Van Gogh painting´, which has been identified as The Night Café (1888):
Scene 7 sees Blanche singing "It's Only a Paper Moon". Listen to this popular song or read the lyrics.
Finally, you may want to take this Google Earth tour. You will need to download the attachment mentioned there:
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=5...
Expressionism is originally associated with fine arts:
Read a characterisation of the movement, or this other one.
Norwegian artist Edvard Munch was a key forerunner. This is his most famous work, The Scream (1893)
A German representative artist is Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. This is Self-Portrait as a Soldier (1915)
The epigraph of the play is taken from "The Broken Tower" by Hart Crane. Read the full poem
The stage directions to Scene 3 ("The Poker Night") mention a Van Gogh painting´, which has been identified as The Night Café (1888):
Scene 7 sees Blanche singing "It's Only a Paper Moon". Listen to this popular song or read the lyrics.
Finally, you may want to take this Google Earth tour. You will need to download the attachment mentioned there:
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=5...
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