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A character in this play complains about her relative Margaret, who had to be cremated because she was unable to fit in a coffin. In this play, a man quotes the Napoleonic Code to a woman who denies that her sister lived at Hotel Flamingo in Laurel, (10[1])Mississippi. In this play, a woman dances the Varsouviana (“var-so-VEE-ah-nuh”) polka as her husband Allan commits suicide before losing her job as a schoolteacher and her family’s historic home, (10[1])Belle Reve (“rev”). After being assaulted by Stanley Kowalski, (10[1])her sister Stella’s husband, the protagonist of this play states “I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.” For 10 points, name this play by Tennessee Williams about Blanche Dubois. ■END■ (0[2])

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