A Streetcar Named Desire was set in the 1947, two years after WW2. This time was challenging as society and its buildings were being rebuilt after the stock market hit a low. The play was based in the French Quarter, which is the oldest neighbourhood in New Orleans. Through the duration of the play the cast members appear on the first floor of Stella and Stanley’s two bedroom flat. As the book describes the flat it has ‘a grand white staircase to leads the visitor to the door’. The characters also appear in the bowling alley (beginning of the play) and outside the apartment. In the book the s(Wade bradford.2010).
The apartment
The play predominantly takes place in a small two bedroom flat which is the home of Stanley and Stella.