A Streetcar Named Desire - A Streetcar Named Desire

Japanese: 欲望という名の電車 - よくぼうというなのでんしゃ(英語表記)A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire - A Streetcar Named Desire

A three-act play by American playwright Tennessee Williams. It is the author's masterpiece and premiered in 1947. Blanche, a daughter of a fallen southern plantation, is a lonely woman who, after a failed love marriage in her youth, clings to the traditional education of the vanishing past, but at the same time, is unable to suppress her lust and has fallen apart, living in a dream of escapism. The story of her visit to her sister, who lives in a back alley of New Orleans, where she stays with her, stays at her house, and is violated by her rough and realistic brother-in-law, who uncovers the truth about her and rapes her. The play is composed of 11 scenes, and the process of her mental breakdown is pursued lyrically and ruthlessly, creating a powerful impact. The title refers to the "Rue de Lust" streetcar that actually existed in New Orleans. Blanche rides this streetcar, changes to the "Cemetery" line, gets off at "Paradise" and arrives at her sister's house, symbolizing the fate of human beings.

[Narumi Shiro]

"A Streetcar Named Desire" translated by Hiroshi Tajima (Shincho Bunko)

[References] | Williams

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

アメリカの劇作家テネシー・ウィリアムズの三幕戯曲。作者の代表的傑作で、1947年初演。南部の没落農園の娘ブランチは、少女時代に恋愛結婚に破れてから、滅びゆく過去の伝統的教養に執着しながらも、一方では欲情を抑えきれずに身を持ち崩し、いまは現実逃避の夢のなかに生きる孤独な女性。劇は、彼女がニュー・オーリンズの場末に所帯をもつ妹を頼って訪れ、その家に寄食、粗野で現実的な義弟によって真実を暴かれ肉体を犯され、ついに精神に異常をきたして精神科病院に収容されるまでの物語を11場面で構成、彼女の精神崩壊の過程を叙情的に、かつ冷酷に追求して強烈な迫力を生み出している。題名はニュー・オーリンズに実在した「欲望街」線の路面電車のことで、ブランチはこれに乗り、「墓場」線に乗り換え、「極楽」で下車して妹の家にたどり着くという設定で、人間の運命を象徴させている。

[鳴海四郎]

『田島博訳『欲望という名の電車』(新潮文庫)』

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