Streetcar_Named_Desire

Streetcar Named Desire Reading vs. Viewing of A Streetcar Named Desire Although the basic story line is the same in both the book and the live play of A streetcar Named Desire, some things were different. Sometimes things were omitted from the book that were in the live play. Sometimes the dialogue or actions were just altogether different in the play than in the book. Even though a lot of detail is given when reading the play. It is nothing compared to seeing the live performance. When reading a play, sometimes it is difficult to read into the emotions of the scene. Body language and tone of voice can change the way that certain dialog is interpreted. Once the live performance is viewed, it helps to give a better understanding of the story line. There are some differences in scene one from the book and scene one of the play we watched. An example of one of the differences between the book and the play is as the story starts out in the book, Stanley and Mitch come walking around the corner and stop at the foot of the stairs. At this point, Stanley hollers up play, live, book, stella, stanley, scene, come, eunice, bowling, understanding, tells, reading, performance, different, story, sometimes, read, out, one, blanche, after, way, voice, tone, things, streetcar, replies, person, named, mitch, line, just, emotions, desire, corner