Psychoanalytical study of Williams' Blanche: case study of the SNG Maribor production of A streetcar named DesireVešnar, Mateja (Avtor) Hribar, Darja (Mentor) Onič, Tomaž (Komentor) Tramvaj PoželenjeTennessee Williamspsihoanalitični pristopuprizoritev v SNG MariborBlanche Dubois.A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams is one of the most significant twentieth-century plays. When it premiered in 1947, it was an immediate success. Drama is filled with Williams’s recurring themes and symbols (collision between old aristocratic South and new industrial social order, female sexuality, isolation, madness …) and memorable characters (Blanche Dubois, Stanley Kowalsky). In SNG Maribor, A Streetcar Named Desire was directed by Damir Zlatar Frey, who decided to use a distinctive psychoanalytical approach. He transferred New Orleans on to the stage covered with desert sand and inserted the story inside Blanche’s psyche. In the diploma thesis, the production is analysed through the concept of Freud’s psychoanalysis. Scene, costumes, light, music and relationships between characters are completely subordinated to Blanche, they reflect her manic experience of the world that surrounds her. The main source of research, apart from literature about the play and the author, was the SNG production itself and selected newspaper articles about it.[M. Vešnar]20092009-04-15 16:44:11Diplomsko delo10154sl