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Scene 1

• The play opens outside of 632 Elysian Fields - the home of Stanley and Stella Kowalski.

• Stanley is heading to the bowling alley and Stella goes with him.

• Blanche DuBois arrives at Elysian Fields after Stanley and Stella have left.

• Blanche waits alone in the flat.

• Stella and Blanche embrace.

• Blanche can not afford a hotel, so must stay with Stella.

• Stella talks about Stanley.

• Blanche tells Stella she has left teaching because of her nerves.

• Blanche reveals that Belle Reve has been lost.

• Stanley and Blanche meet for the first time.

Scene 2

• Blanche is bathing and readying herself for a night on the town with Stella.

• Stanley is hosting poker night in the flat.

• Stanley is afraid that Blanche has sold Belle Reve and is not telling Stella.

• Stanley looks through Blanche's trunk.

• Blanche and Stanley confront each other.

• Belle Reve was lost through a mortgage default...

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