If it's tension and distress you're after, this play (not to mention the 1951 movie based on it) is dripping with it. All the divisions are there: gender, sexuality, class, power. The scenes between Stanley Kowalski (a macho macho man) and Blanche DuBois (a fading and bankrupt Southern belle) are the class struggle gone feral.
What role does money play? Where does Stanley's money come from? And where did Stella and Blanche's family money go? How are the changes in society represented in the main characters? What do the contrasts between Stanley and Blanche look like (remember—this is a play)?