The visual aspect of Streetcar was important to William's, maybe because of his interest in cinema.
His stage directions are quite detailed, evocative imagery is used to convey how the dramatist envisaged the scene.
The intention was to create an atmosphere that would heighten the impact of the action, could almost say the apartment in Elysian Fields is one of the actors in the play.
The visual aspect of stage presentation important to Williams, the vividness of colours, life, emphasises the death represented b the Mexican flower seller.
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Sound effects
Sound effects are employed to create an atmosphere/
The blue piano with its vague message of the irrepressible, pleasure-loving spirit of the quarter; the Varsouviana poker which calls up and reminds Blanche of her guilt; and the locomotive.
An emphasis that the Varsouviana poker and gunshot is only heard by Blanche. Williams could deliberately be blurring the line between reality and unreality for the audience and Blanche.
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