SET IN ST LOUIS DURING THE DEPRESSION, THE GLASS MENAGERIE IS ONE OF TENNESSEE WILLIAMS' MOST POWERFUL AND MOVING PLAYS. ABANDONED BY HER HUSBAND WHEN HE 'FELL IN LOVE WITH LONG DISTANCES', AMANDA WINGFIELD COMFORTS HERSELF WITH RECOLLECTIONS OF HER EARLIER, MORE GRACIOUS, LIFE IN BLUE MOUNTAIN WHEN SHE WAS PURSUED BY 'GENTLEMAN CALLERS'. HER SON TOM, A POET WITH A JOB ...
SET IN ST LOUIS DURING THE DEPRESSION, THE GLASS MENAGERIE IS ONE OF TENNESSEE WILLIAMS' MOST POWERFUL AND MOVING PLAYS. ABANDONED BY HER HUSBAND WHEN HE 'FELL IN LOVE WITH LONG DISTANCES', AMANDA WINGFIELD COMFORTS HERSELF WITH RECOLLECTIONS OF HER EARLIER, MORE GRACIOUS, LIFE IN BLUE MOUNTAIN WHEN SHE WAS PURSUED BY 'GENTLEMAN CALLERS'. HER SON TOM, A POET WITH A JOB IN A WAREHOUSE, LONGS FOR ADVENTURE AND ESCAPE FROM HIS MOTHER'S SUFFOCATING EMBRACE. LAURA, HER SHY CRIPPLED DAUGHTER, HAS HER GLASS MENAGERIE AND HER MEMORIES. AMANDA IS DESPERATE TO FIND HER DAUGHTER A HUSBAND, BUT WHEN THE LONG-AWAITED GENTLEMAN CALLER DOES ARRIVE, LAURA'S ROMANTIC ILLUSIONS ARE FINALLY CRUSHED. MIRRORING THE QUIET DESPAIR OF THE THIRTIES, THE GLASS MENAGERIE IN ITS NOSTALGIA FOR A PAST WORLD AND ITS EVOCATION OF LONELINESS AND LOST LOVE CELEBRATES, ABOVE ALL, THE HUMAN NEED TO DREAM.
The fact that The Glass Menagerie was a great success when it first came out in Chicago was by itself a pleasant surprise. Laura as a character is almost antithetical to the “American Self,” whatever that entails, and yet she is somehow able to evoke empa...
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[Spoilers Alert] Tennessee Williams explores his guilt through Tom's story in the play Glass Menagerie. Similar to Tom, he also abandoned his sister Rose and mother in search for freedom and adventure. However, as the play travels through the three concentr...
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0 有用 Emanuelle 2013-10-10 21:06:59
3.5- Tennessee's of some depth. Nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands. love it.
1 有用 Viola 2014-09-27 16:04:56
梦很美，但在现实面前依然不堪一击。
1 有用 Viola 2014-09-27 16:04:56
梦很美，但在现实面前依然不堪一击。
0 有用 Emanuelle 2013-10-10 21:06:59
3.5- Tennessee's of some depth. Nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands. love it.