The Glass Menagerie

The Glass Menagerie

AuthorTennessee Williams
GenrePlay (Theatre)
Original LanguageEnglish
First published1947
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NotesThe Glass Menagerie is a memory play by Tennessee Williams that premiered in 1944. The play has strong autobiographical elements, featuring characters based on its author, his histrionic mother, and his mentally fragile sister Laura. In writing the play, Williams drew on an earlier short story, as well as a screenplay he had written under the title of The Gentleman Caller.
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