This playwright once said that his Aunt Belle, a Sunday School teacher, was the prototype of Blanche DuBois
The protagonist, Blanche DuBois, has come to visit her sister, Stella, who 
lives ... Blanche, a widow and school teacher, did her best to keep Belle Reve, 
but... [DOC] [TLE] A Streetcar Named Desire - Wikipedia [PAR] A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1947 play written by American playwright 
Tennessee Williams ... After the loss of her family home, Belle Reve, to creditors, 
Blanche DuBois travels from the small town of ... Tandy was cast after Williams 
saw her performance in a West Coast production of his one-act play Portrait of a 
Madonna.