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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 (10[1])who denies that her sister lived at (10[1])Hotel Flamingo (10[1])in Laurel, Mississippi. (-5[1])In this play, (10[1])a woman dances (10[1])the Varsouviana (10[1])(“var-so-VEE-ah-nuh”) polka as her husband Allan commits (10[1])suicide before losing her job as a schoolteacher and her family’s historic home, Belle Reve (“rev”). After being assaulted by Stanley Kowalski, her sister (10[1])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■ (10[1])

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