A Streetcar Named Success

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"A Streetcar Named Success" is an essay by Tennessee Williams about art and the artist's role in society. It is often included in paper editions of A Streetcar Named Desire.

A version of this essay first appeared in the New York Times on November 30, 1947, four days before the opening of A Streetcar Named Desire. Another version of this essay, titled "The Catastrophe of Success", is sometimes used as an introduction to The Glass Menagerie.

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• Williams, Tennessee; Christine R Day; Bob Woods (1978). Where I Live: Selected Essays. New York: New Directions. ISBN 0811207056. OCLC 4004609.