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5 days ago · With the autobiographical The Glass Menagerie in 1944, Williams attained what he later called "the catastrophe of success," a success made all the greater by A Streetcar Named Desire, his most famous play and one of the most influential works of modern American literature.
2 days ago · Breezy (1973) and Ginger in the Morning (1974) Both Breezy (1973) and Ginger in the Morning (1974) offer a fantasy, not only of a pert female hitchhiker offering herself to an older, divorced man, but also symbolically: an American cultural fantasy in which the wounds of the 60s revolution are healed in the happy union between the girl’s youthful idealism and the man’s paternal stability.
4 days ago · The short film tells the tale of a hero, a master craftsman who created the legendary glass harmonica, which has the power to inspire “higher thoughts and actions.” When he arrives at sundown in an unnamed town, he is met by the townsfolk, who pause to listen to the instrument’s beautiful sound.
4 days ago · The Glass Menagerie launched Williams into superstardom by exploring his tumultuous family life in Depression-era St. Louis. The play is no mirror. Williams created Tom, a version of himself, to tell the story of The Glass Menagerie and to be a character in it.
4 days ago · Amanda Wingfield is a faded remnant of Southern gentility who now lives in a dingy St. Louis apartment with her restless son, Tom, and her shy daughter, Laura. When Amanda persuades Tom to bring home a “gentleman caller” for Laura, the family’s illusions begin to crumble.
3 days ago · Crookston Community Theatre (CCT) announces the cast for their Fall 2024 production of “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams. The cast is the following: Isaac Engels – Tom Wingfield. Beth Carlson – Amanda Wingfield. Kailey Mykelseth – Laura Wingfield. Jordan Hasbrouck – Jim O’Connor
2 days ago · Watch one as a standalone experience or discover the connections between two or three of the plays as Michael, Delroy, Denise and Carly navigate the joys and challenges of what it means to be British in 2024.
