The Glass Menagerie
by Tennessee Williams

The Glass Menagerie Book Cover
The Glass Menagerie Cover

Highlights

American

Synopsis

One of Tennessee Williams' most popular plays in a special annotated edition for school and college students.

The Glass Menagerie,Tennessee Williams' first great popular success and an autobiographicalplay about his mother and sister, launched the brilliant andcontroversial career of this ground-breaking American playwright.

Setin St Louis during the depression era of the 1930s, it is the poignantdrama of a family's gradual disintegration, under pressure both fromoutside and within.

A frustrated mother persuades her rebelliousson to provide a 'gentleman caller' for her shy, crippled daughter, buther romantic dreams are shattered by the intervention of harsh reality

This edition provides the author's preferred text, available for thefirst time in the United Kingdom, and includes Williams' essay on theimpact of sudden fame on a struggling writer, 'The Catastrophe ofSuccess', as well as a short section of Williams' own production notes.

Publication

Publisher
Methuen
Year Published
2008
ISBN 10
0713685123
ISBN 13
9780713685121
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Revised edition
Print Length
224 pages
Language
English
LCC
PS3545.I5365
Print
The Glass Menagerie is a American play written by and published by Methuen in 2008. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780713685121 and an ISBN-10 of 0713685123.
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ePlay digital editions are available on Amazon Kindle.

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