"A Streetcar Named Desire" is a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Tennessee Williams, first performed in 1947. The play tells the story of Blanche DuBois, a fading southern belle who moves in with her sister Stella and her husband Stanley Kowalski in New Orleans. Blanche is haunted by her past, and her illusions about her own beauty and refinement clash with Stanley's rough and realistic nature, leading to a series of conflicts and dramatic confrontations. The play deals with themes of desire, deception, mental illness, and the decline of the old southern aristocracy. It is widely regarded as a masterpiece of American drama and has been adapted into several film and stage productions. The characters, especially Blanche and Stanley, are iconic and have become symbols of conflicting values and cultures in American literature.