"In a word, this play made it seem possible for the stage to express any and all things and to do so beautifully. What streetcar's first production did was to plant the flag of beauty on the shores of commercial theatre. The audience, I believe, somehow understood this and was moved by what, in effect, was a kind of tribute to its intelligence and spiritual vitality. For the play, more than any of Williams' other works before or afterwards, approaches tragedy and its dark ending is unmitigated." -Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller tributes 'A Streetcar' with a sincere recognition of its influence and demonstrates an understanding of its complexity by highlighting the story's simplicity. Contradictory, I know - but ultimately, Williams' ability to make the emotional truth so beautiful is something Miller seems to awe over. The quote above is an extract taken from the introduction written by Miller himself and it summarises the ambience of the play and I feel as though Miller really believed as he was watching the first ever showing of 'A Streetcar Named Desire', that the play was to empathise with every single person filling the theatre seats and allow them to perceive the world exactly how Williams did; a beautiful nightmare.
