Miss D: A Streetcar Named Desire

Blanche: "They told me to take a street-car named _______________, and then transfer to one called ______________ and ride six blocks and get off at - Elysian Fields" S1

Blanche: "They told me to take a street-car named Desire, and then transfer to one called Cemeteries and ride six blocks and get off at - Elysian Fields" S1

"Her delicate ______________ must avoid a ______________ light." S1

"Her delicate beauty must avoid a strong light." S1

Blanche: "Oh, my baby! Stella! Stella for ______________!" S1

Blanche: "Oh, my baby! Stella! Stella for Star!" S1

"the power and ______________ of a richly ______________ male bird among hens" S1

"the power and pride of a richly feathered male bird among hens" S1

"He heaves the ______________ at her. She cries out in protest but manages to catch it: then she laughs______________." S1

"He heaves the meat package at her. She cries out in protest but manages to catch it: then she laughs breathlessly." S1

Stanley: "Some people rarely ______________ it, but it ______________ them often." S1

Stanley: "Some people rarely touch it, but it touches them often." S1

Blanche: "Funerals are ______________ compared to ______________" S1

Blanche: "Funerals are pretty compared to deaths" S1

"Blanche comes out of the bathroom in a ______________ ______________ robe." S2

"Blanche comes out of the bathroom in a red satin robe." S2

Blanche: "You're simple, straightforward... a little bit on the ______________ side" S2

Blanche: "You're simple, straightforward... a little bit on the primitive side" S2

Blanche: "our improvident grandfathers and father and uncles and brothers exchanged the land for their______________ ______________." S2

Blanche: "our improvident grandfathers and father and uncles and brothers exchanged the land for their epic fornications." S2

Blanche: "maybe he's what we need to mix with our ______________ now" S2

Blanche: "maybe he's what we need to mix with our blood now" S2

Stanley: "Some men are took in by this Hollywood ______________ stuff and some men are not." S2

Stanley: "Some men are took in by this Hollywood glamour stuff and some men are not." S2

Stella: "When she comes in be sure to say something nice about her ______________." S2

Stella: "When she comes in be sure to say something nice about her appearance." S2

Stanley: "When you're ______________ under the Napoleonic Code I'm ______________ too" S2

Stanley: "When you're swindled under the Napoleonic Code I'm swindled too" S2

Blanche: "Freshly ______________ and ______________ and feeling like a brand new human being" S2

Blanche: "Freshly bathed and scented and feeling like a brand new human being" S2

"The Poker Night: There is a picture of Van Gogh's of a billiard parlour at ______________. The kitchen now suggests some sort of lurid ______________ brilliance..." S3

"The Poker Night: There is a picture of Van Gogh's of a billiard parlour at night. The kitchen now suggests some sort of lurid nocturnal brilliance..." S3

Blanche: "I can't stand a ______________ light-bulb" S3

Blanche: "I can't stand a naked light-bulb" S3

"he throws back his head like a ______________ ______________ and bellows his wife's name" S3

"he throws back his head like a baying hound and bellows his wife's name" S3

"They come together with low, ______________ moans" S3

"They come together with low, animal moans" S3

"Stanley gives a loud ______________ of his hand on her thigh." S3

"Stanley gives a loud whack of his hand on her thigh." S3

"Outside, a train approaches...Under cover of the train's ______________ Stanley ______________." S4

"Outside, a train approaches...Under cover of the train's noise Stanley enters." S4

Blanche: "Such things as art - as ______________ and ______________ - such kinds of new light have come into the world...Don't - hang back with the ______________!" S4

Blanche: "Such things as art - as poetry and music - such kinds of new light have come into the world...Don't - hang back with the brutes!" S4

"Her eyes and lips have that almost ______________ ______________ that is in the faces of Eastern idols." S4

"Her eyes and lips have that almost narcotized tranquility that is in the faces of Eastern idols." S4

Stella: "I was - sort of - ______________ by it." S4

Stella: "I was - sort of - thrilled by it." S4

Stella: "But there are things in that happen between a man and a woman in the ______________ - that sort of make everything else seem ______________." S4

Stella: "But there are things in that happen between a man and a woman in the dark - that sort of make everything else seem unimportant." S4

Blanche: "all ______________ like him, and gnawing and swilling and ______________!" S4

Blanche: "all grunting like him, and gnawing and swilling and hulking!" S4

Blanche: "Have got to be ______________ - put on soft colours, the colours of butterfly wings, and glow - make a little - ______________ ______________ just in order to pay for - one night's shelter!" S5

Blanche: "Have got to be seductive - put on soft colours, the colours of butterfly wings, and glow - make a little - temporary magic just in order to pay for - one night's shelter!" S5

Blanche: "You make my mouth ______________." S5

Blanche: "You make my mouth water." S5

"Then Mitch appears around the corner with a bunch of ______________." S5

"Then Mitch appears around the corner with a bunch of roses." S5

Blanche: "Well, you do, ______________ lamb. Come here! Come on over like I told you! I want to kiss you - just once - ______________ and ______________ on your mouth" S5

Blanche: "Well, you do, honey lamb. Come here! Come on over like I told you! I want to kiss you - just once - softly and sweetly on your mouth" S5

Mitch: "You need ______________. And I need ______________, too. Could it be - you and me, Blanche?" S6

Mitch: "You need somebody. And I need somebody, too. Could it be - you and me, Blanche?" S6

Blanche: "We are going to pretend that we are sitting in a little ______________ café on the Left Bank in Paris!" S6

Blanche: "We are going to pretend that we are sitting in a little artist's café on the Left Bank in Paris!" S6

Blanche: "It was like you suddenly turned a ______________ light on something that had always been half in ______________" S6

Blanche: "It was like you suddenly turned a blinding light on something that had always been half in shadow" S6

Blanche: "He'd stuck the ______________ into his mouth, and fired." S6

Blanche: "He'd stuck the revolver into his mouth, and fired." S6

Blanche: "Oh, I feel so good after my long, hot bath, I feel so good and ______________ - and ______________!" S7

Blanche: "Oh, I feel so good after my long, hot bath, I feel so good and cool - and rested!" S7

Stanley: "But Sister Blanche is no ______________!" S7

Stanley: "But Sister Blanche is no lily!" S7

Stella: "I think Blanche didn't just love him but ______________ the ground he walked on! Adored him and thought him almost too fine to be human!" S7

Stella: "I think Blanche didn't just love him but worshipped the ground he walked on! Adored him and thought him almost too fine to be human!" S7

Stanley: "I am not a ______________... what I am is a one hundred percent American born and raised in the greatest country on earth" S8

Stanley: "I am not a Polack... what I am is a one hundred percent American born and raised in the greatest country on earth" S8

Stanley: "What do you two think you are? A pair of ______________? Remember what Huey Long said - 'Every Man is a ______________!' " S8

Stanley: "What do you two think you are? A pair of queens? Remember what Huey Long said - 'Every Man is a King!' " S8

'He tears the ______________ ______________ off the light-bulb' S9

'He tears the paper lantern off the light-bulb' S9

"You're not ______________ enough to bring in the house with my ______________." S9

"You're not clean enough to bring in the house with my mother." S9

"The sound of it turns into the ______________ of an approaching locomotive." S10

"The sound of it turns into the roar of an approaching locomotive." S10

Stanley: "Here's something I always break out on special occasions like this! The ______________ ______________ I wore on my wedding night!" S10

Stanley: "Here's something I always break out on special occasions like this! The silk pyjamas I wore on my wedding night!" S10

[She moans. The ______________ falls. She sinks to her knees. He picks up her inert figure and carries her to the bed. The hot ______________ and ______________ from the Four Deuces sound loudly] S10

[She moans. The bottle-top falls. She sinks to her knees. He picks up her inert figure and carries her to the bed. The hot trumpet and drums from the Four Deuces sound loudly] S10

Stanley: "______________ -______________! Drop the bottle-top! Drop it! We've had this date with each other from the beginning!" S10

Stanley: "Tiger - tiger! Drop the bottle-top! Drop it! We've had this date with each other from the beginning!" S10

"I couldn't ______________ her story and go on living with Stanley." S11

"I couldn't believe her story and go on living with Stanley." S11