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Jul 09, 2018
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The Glass Menagerie was Tennessee Williams' first big success when it opened on Broadway in 1945, and has remained the most touching, tender and painful of his works. Closely based on the playwright's own life and family in St Louis in the 1930s, Williams breaks away from naturalism to create a dream-like atmosphere. The narrator Tom conjures up recollections of the cramped and claustrophobic tenement home he shares with his often over-bearing mother Amanda, and his ...more
The Glass Menagerie was Tennessee Williams' first big success when it opened on Broadway in 1945, and has remained the most touching, tender and painful of his works. Closely based on the playwright's own life and family in St Louis in the 1930s, Williams breaks away from naturalism to create a dream-like atmosphere. The narrator Tom conjures up recollections of the cramped and claustrophobic tenement home he shares with his often over-bearing mother Amanda, and his ...more
I'm on a roll with this theme... maybe I need to listen. Anita Bruckner's novel, "Look at Me" and Kazuo Ishiguro's "Remains of the Day" both deal with protagonists who are caught in brittle self-identification that ultimately becomes shattered. This is a beautiful little play that expresses that theme perfectly. The play definitely has a mid-century feel to it, but the glass menagerie is universal.
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This is a sad story about a girl who feels trapped. I don't really know what else to say. =(
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