Where can I find information about the glass menagerie?
“June 20, 2003: In the glass menagerie Tennessee Williams has created Tom a young man thrust into the working world to support his his family, leaving him no time to pursue his passion for writing. intriguingly enough this exact situation befell Williams when he was young and Williams real first name was Tom. Yes Tom’s character is amazingly developed and a dream to any young actor, but the character of Amanda his overbearing mother is also superb. She is a metaphor in the play for lost dreams and regret and she is stunning in this role. then there is Laura Tom’s lame sister who as a guard from the cruelties of the world has shut herself away in a world of fantasy where she collects her little glass figurines fragile yet beautiful. In his opening monologue Tom states that this is a memory play and that is exactly what it is a play which reveals Tennessee’s own memories of times past which just like the glass are fragile yet beautiful. in another monologue Tom says he saw a magician nai
