Book Blurb
No play in the modern theatre has so captured the imagination and heart of the American public as Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie.
Menagerie was Williams's first popular success and launched the brilliant, if somewhat controversial, career of our pre-eminent lyric playwright. Since its premiere in Chicago in 1944, with the legendary Laurette Taylor in the role of Amanda, the play has been the bravura piece for great actresses from Jessica Tandy to Joanne Woodward, and is studied and performed in classrooms and theaters around the world.Editorial Reviews
“The revolutionary newness of The Glass Menagerie...was in its poetic lift, but an underlying hard dramatic structure was what earned the play its right to sing poetically.” —Arthur Miller
“With the advent of The Glass Menagerie...Tennessee Williams emerged as a poet-playwright and a unique new force in theatre throughout the world.” —Lyle Leverich in Tom: The Unknown Tennessee Williams
“With the advent of The Glass Menagerie...Tennessee Williams emerged as a poet-playwright and a unique new force in theatre throughout the world.” —Lyle Leverich in Tom: The Unknown Tennessee Williams
About the Author
Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) is the acclaimed author of many books of letters, short stories, poems, essays, and a large collection of plays, including The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, Camino Real, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Orpheus Descending, The Night of the Iguana, and The Rose Tattoo.
