Rachel Weisz as Blanche Dubois with Ruth Wilson as Stella and Elliot Cowan as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennesse Williams, American playwright, 26 March 1911 – 25 February 1983. Donmar Warehouse, London, 28 July 2009 – 3 October 2009. Rachel Weisz: English actress, 7 March 1971. Ruth Wilson: English actress, b. 1982. EC: English actor, 21 October 1976.