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50 A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
SCENE VI
It is about two a.m. tht samt night. Tht outt~ wall of t'1t ~ui/ding
is visiblt. BLANCHE and Mn:cH comt in. Tht rllttr txha11stion whlch
only o~rasthtnic pasonaUty can know is tvidtnf in DtANCHE's
• voict mu1 mont1tr. MITCH is stolid but dtpresstd. Thty havt probably
a - w , - w m out to tht omustmtnt park on 1.Akt Pontchartrain, far MITCH is
htaring, upsidt down, o pfusttr statutttt of Mat Wut, tht sort of prizt
~n at shooting-galkrits and carnival games ofchance.
BLANCHE (stopping liJtltssly ot tht sttpsJ:. Well--
MITCH laughs untasily.
Well ...
MITCH: Iguess it must be pretty late-and you're tired.
BLANCHE: Even the hot tamale man lu.s deserted the street, and
he hangs on till the end. [MITCH laughs untasily again.] How will
you get home? -
MncH: I'll walk over to Bourbon and catch an owl-<ar.
~ BLAN.CHE [laughing grimly]~; Is that street-car named
I ~
~ ~grinding along ~e tracks at-ithis hour?
1
_ _
Desire sti.11
MITCH [htavily]: I'm afraid you haven't gotten ~uch fun out of th!s
'
~ening, Blanche. • Lie£~ t o ~
BLANCHE:} spoiled it for you.\..'..,.} ~
a; up fu ~ I\'\
fh - - .
N \ \ ~ MITCH: No, you didn't, but I felt all the time that I wasn't giving
L you much~tcrtainmcnt. ' ~ • .,
BfANCBE: I simply couldn't rise to the occasion. Th:it was all. I
don't think I've ever.tried so hard to ~-gay ~d ~de such a disnul
mess ofit. I get ten points for trying !-I did try.
MITCH: Why did you try if you didn't feel like it, Blanche?
BLANCHE: I was just obeying the law of nature. 1 _ • ~, N__ I"', •lL •r»
MncH: Which law is that? u.u,.- - ( " ~ {Vi1t;.
BLANCHE: The one that says the lady mwt ~tertain the gentle-
man-or no dice! See if you can Ioate my door-key in this purse.
When I'm so tired my fingers arc all thumbs!
MITCH (rooting in htr purse): This it?
BLANCHE: No, honey, that's the key to my tnm1c which I must soon
be packing.
, SCENE VI 51
MircH: You mcm you 3rc leaving ~~~~--soon?
BLANCHE: I've outstiyed my welcome. -
MncH: This" it? -
Tht music fades away. ~ ~l\'C _ - tltln ~
BLANC HE: Eurc:b ! Honey, you open the door while I takef<:ee a last
b-n
look at the sky. [S1,c leans 011 tlit porcl, rail. He optns tht door and
stands all'kwardly bcl1i11d lier.) 1'111 looking for the Pleiadcs, the Seven
Sistcn, but these girls ~re n(?t out tonight. 0~, yes ~cy are, there
they arc! God bless them! All in a bunch going home fr~m th~.
~ little bridge party.... Y' get the door open? Good boy! I guess you
-want to go now .. .
Ht sl,u.fjlts aud coughs a littlt. • ..,~ ~ ·; .__ _ ,. _L
MncH : Can I-uh-k iss you-good night? altelhpn~t-o,..~
BLANC HE: Why do you always ask me if you may?
.~
MITCH : I don't know whether you want me to or not. •
BLANCHE: Why should you be so doubtful?
MITCH : That night when we parked by the lake and I kissed you,
you - .~fe/ 'eJ\C ..( ttS ()~.A.ho.;S 00..,\-e._
.BfAN CHE/ Honey, it wasn't the kiss I objected to. I liked the
kiss i~~ ~~ 1
very ~uch. It was ~c o~~ ~¢.c- fa~!_ ity~~ t !-felt ob~ged _Cl~ lv.-nA~
to-discourage. /. • I didn t resent 1t t Not a bit m the world !~ • - -'J
In fact, I was ·somewhat flattered that, you_dcsired met _But,
,~oney, .YOU know .. well .. I do ~t a single girl, a girl a!Onc
b~ worl~.~. got ~ k~p,a fum ho!d en ~
(?D h~ em!)tions or. she' ll~\\
_ c_ ost! 1 . r, _~ ~\~ .
MncH [solt,nrily]:_ Lost?} . , .. · ,
1
BL~NC HE: I guess you arc used to girls tliat like to be lost. The1
kind that ~ct)os:).m:~c!iat~ly, _C?n. the first date!' . __ _ _•. __
~IT~!f..:f1 like rou to 6c exactly the way that you arc, bcca~,.in
) •
,all my- c~cc -1 ha~~ n~cr. kno~ ~yon~ 1:il.:.':.'Y?~:- ~~~~Cl
BLAN C~! looks at him gravely; then sht bursts into laughter and ~
.. ~ '
, ~~ ,'!aps.a ~~~1 to,~ m~uth.
-i
' ~
Mnca : Arc you laughing at me? ' . •
BLANC H!: No, honey. The lord and lady of the house have· not
. t~ct returned, so come in. We'll have a night-cap. {ice's leave tb~l
~sl!ts. ~tr. Shall we?_} a1tie.1l<.. ~ ' ..1 ~
MITCH: Yoii.iiist-:do what you want to. ~~~
50 A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
SCENE VI
It is about two a.m. tht samt night. Tht outt~ wall of t'1t ~ui/ding
is visiblt. BLANCHE and Mn:cH comt in. Tht rllttr txha11stion whlch
only o~rasthtnic pasonaUty can know is tvidtnf in DtANCHE's
• voict mu1 mont1tr. MITCH is stolid but dtpresstd. Thty havt probably
a - w , - w m out to tht omustmtnt park on 1.Akt Pontchartrain, far MITCH is
htaring, upsidt down, o pfusttr statutttt of Mat Wut, tht sort of prizt
~n at shooting-galkrits and carnival games ofchance.
BLANCHE (stopping liJtltssly ot tht sttpsJ:. Well--
MITCH laughs untasily.
Well ...
MITCH: Iguess it must be pretty late-and you're tired.
BLANCHE: Even the hot tamale man lu.s deserted the street, and
he hangs on till the end. [MITCH laughs untasily again.] How will
you get home? -
MncH: I'll walk over to Bourbon and catch an owl-<ar.
~ BLAN.CHE [laughing grimly]~; Is that street-car named
I ~
~ ~grinding along ~e tracks at-ithis hour?
1
_ _
Desire sti.11
MITCH [htavily]: I'm afraid you haven't gotten ~uch fun out of th!s
'
~ening, Blanche. • Lie£~ t o ~
BLANCHE:} spoiled it for you.\..'..,.} ~
a; up fu ~ I\'\
fh - - .
N \ \ ~ MITCH: No, you didn't, but I felt all the time that I wasn't giving
L you much~tcrtainmcnt. ' ~ • .,
BfANCBE: I simply couldn't rise to the occasion. Th:it was all. I
don't think I've ever.tried so hard to ~-gay ~d ~de such a disnul
mess ofit. I get ten points for trying !-I did try.
MITCH: Why did you try if you didn't feel like it, Blanche?
BLANCHE: I was just obeying the law of nature. 1 _ • ~, N__ I"', •lL •r»
MncH: Which law is that? u.u,.- - ( " ~ {Vi1t;.
BLANCHE: The one that says the lady mwt ~tertain the gentle-
man-or no dice! See if you can Ioate my door-key in this purse.
When I'm so tired my fingers arc all thumbs!
MITCH (rooting in htr purse): This it?
BLANCHE: No, honey, that's the key to my tnm1c which I must soon
be packing.
, SCENE VI 51
MircH: You mcm you 3rc leaving ~~~~--soon?
BLANCHE: I've outstiyed my welcome. -
MncH: This" it? -
Tht music fades away. ~ ~l\'C _ - tltln ~
BLANC HE: Eurc:b ! Honey, you open the door while I takef<:ee a last
b-n
look at the sky. [S1,c leans 011 tlit porcl, rail. He optns tht door and
stands all'kwardly bcl1i11d lier.) 1'111 looking for the Pleiadcs, the Seven
Sistcn, but these girls ~re n(?t out tonight. 0~, yes ~cy are, there
they arc! God bless them! All in a bunch going home fr~m th~.
~ little bridge party.... Y' get the door open? Good boy! I guess you
-want to go now .. .
Ht sl,u.fjlts aud coughs a littlt. • ..,~ ~ ·; .__ _ ,. _L
MncH : Can I-uh-k iss you-good night? altelhpn~t-o,..~
BLANC HE: Why do you always ask me if you may?
.~
MITCH : I don't know whether you want me to or not. •
BLANCHE: Why should you be so doubtful?
MITCH : That night when we parked by the lake and I kissed you,
you - .~fe/ 'eJ\C ..( ttS ()~.A.ho.;S 00..,\-e._
.BfAN CHE/ Honey, it wasn't the kiss I objected to. I liked the
kiss i~~ ~~ 1
very ~uch. It was ~c o~~ ~¢.c- fa~!_ ity~~ t !-felt ob~ged _Cl~ lv.-nA~
to-discourage. /. • I didn t resent 1t t Not a bit m the world !~ • - -'J
In fact, I was ·somewhat flattered that, you_dcsired met _But,
,~oney, .YOU know .. well .. I do ~t a single girl, a girl a!Onc
b~ worl~.~. got ~ k~p,a fum ho!d en ~
(?D h~ em!)tions or. she' ll~\\
_ c_ ost! 1 . r, _~ ~\~ .
MncH [solt,nrily]:_ Lost?} . , .. · ,
1
BL~NC HE: I guess you arc used to girls tliat like to be lost. The1
kind that ~ct)os:).m:~c!iat~ly, _C?n. the first date!' . __ _ _•. __
~IT~!f..:f1 like rou to 6c exactly the way that you arc, bcca~,.in
) •
,all my- c~cc -1 ha~~ n~cr. kno~ ~yon~ 1:il.:.':.'Y?~:- ~~~~Cl
BLAN C~! looks at him gravely; then sht bursts into laughter and ~
.. ~ '
, ~~ ,'!aps.a ~~~1 to,~ m~uth.
-i
' ~
Mnca : Arc you laughing at me? ' . •
BLANC H!: No, honey. The lord and lady of the house have· not
. t~ct returned, so come in. We'll have a night-cap. {ice's leave tb~l
~sl!ts. ~tr. Shall we?_} a1tie.1l<.. ~ ' ..1 ~
MITCH: Yoii.iiist-:do what you want to. ~~~
