The Glass Menagerie

Description

"The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams In his first successful play, which premiered on December 26, 1944, at the Civic Theater in Chicago and contains many autobiographical elements, the then 34-year-old Tennessee Williams shows how Amanda Wingfield leads a dull life in St. Louis with her children Laura and Tom during the Great Depression.
All three main characters escape reality into their personal dream worlds: Mother AMANDA longs for her long-past youth, when she was a highly sought-after Southern princess who followed the wrong admirer and was driven into poverty and the

Highlights

• Performance of Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie"
• Staged at the Jakobus Theater Karlsruhe
• Addresses the escape from reality

General Information

"The Glass Menagerie" is a classic play that illuminates the life reality of a family during the Great Depression. The story follows Amanda Wingfield and her children Laura and Tom, who are trapped in their dream worlds and try to escape the bleak reality.

Location

Kaiserallee 11, 76133 Karlsruhe, Germany

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