The Glass Menagerie (Signet Books)
by: Tennessee Williams
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Dramatic script relating the interactions of Amanda, her son, and her daughter, Laura and the very important gentleman caller.
Dramatic script relating the interactions of Amanda, her son, and her daughter, Laura and the very important gentleman caller.
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- The Glass Menagerie
The book was beyond my expectations. It was in perfect conditions and definetly I would recommend this seller and would buy from them again.
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- A tragic play of biblical proportions
Along with A Streetcar Named Desire, The Glass Menagerie is a famous play written by Tennessee Williams. Although the play is well-written, I still question the point of it. As I mentioned that the play is a tragic of biblical proportions, I can't help but feel the characters to be big-time losers. Before there was Blanche DuBois, there was Amanda Wingfield. Their personality is identically the same as Amanda tends to overdramatize everything. Laura Wingfield is another loser of the family as she ... Read More
Rating: - A real gem!
Truly, one of the greatest playwrights, Tennessee Williams'The Glass Menagerie,and the most talked about live theatre performance with Lauret Taylor as Amanda Wingefield.In the DVD documentary Broadway - The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There the veteran theatre actors raved about this performance, and not available on film. The play is brilliant and falls into the category of Williams "Southern belle-type", like Blanche in Streetcar, Maggie in Cat on Tin Roof; and Alma in Smoke and ... Read More
Rating: - Superb, Heartfelt Classic
This classic tale by Tennessee Williams captures the reader's emotions by so forcefully displaying those of its main characters.This is a story of longing and frustration, set in a frustrating time (The Great Depression).The story is narrated by Tom, who hates his factory job and desires to run to sea, but is the main support for his mother Amanda and sister Laura.The matriarchal Amanda clings desperately to the past, while fragile Laura is devastated more by shy self-consciousness than her slight ... Read More
Rating: - TOO FRAGILE TO SURVIVE?
Tennessee Williams' play in seven scenes continues to fascinate
audiences and readers a half a century after its Chicago premiere.
Based loosely on autobiographical memories of his southern boyhood GLASS MENAGERIE strikes a responsive chord because most people can relate to conflict within a family unit.The three main characters strive to follow their private dreams--no matter how unrealistic they are. Mother and children seek both to escape their drab existence in a honeycomb of Chicago tenements, ... Read More
- The Glass MenagerieThe book was beyond my expectations. It was in perfect conditions and definetly I would recommend this seller and would buy from them again.
- A tragic play of biblical proportionsAlong with A Streetcar Named Desire, The Glass Menagerie is a famous play written by Tennessee Williams. Although the play is well-written, I still question the point of it. As I mentioned that the play is a tragic of biblical proportions, I can't help but feel the characters to be big-time losers. Before there was Blanche DuBois, there was Amanda Wingfield. Their personality is identically the same as Amanda tends to overdramatize everything. Laura Wingfield is another loser of the family as she ... Read More
- A real gem!Truly, one of the greatest playwrights, Tennessee Williams'The Glass Menagerie,and the most talked about live theatre performance with Lauret Taylor as Amanda Wingefield.In the DVD documentary Broadway - The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There the veteran theatre actors raved about this performance, and not available on film. The play is brilliant and falls into the category of Williams "Southern belle-type", like Blanche in Streetcar, Maggie in Cat on Tin Roof; and Alma in Smoke and ... Read More
- Superb, Heartfelt ClassicThis classic tale by Tennessee Williams captures the reader's emotions by so forcefully displaying those of its main characters.This is a story of longing and frustration, set in a frustrating time (The Great Depression).The story is narrated by Tom, who hates his factory job and desires to run to sea, but is the main support for his mother Amanda and sister Laura.The matriarchal Amanda clings desperately to the past, while fragile Laura is devastated more by shy self-consciousness than her slight ... Read More
- TOO FRAGILE TO SURVIVE?Tennessee Williams' play in seven scenes continues to fascinate
audiences and readers a half a century after its Chicago premiere.
Based loosely on autobiographical memories of his southern boyhood GLASS MENAGERIE strikes a responsive chord because most people can relate to conflict within a family unit.The three main characters strive to follow their private dreams--no matter how unrealistic they are. Mother and children seek both to escape their drab existence in a honeycomb of Chicago tenements, ... Read More
