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# The Glass Menagerie

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Review: Those gentleman callers… - …with honorable and not so honorable intentions. I first saw this play produced in Atlanta, in the ‘70’s, and fragments of it have rolled around in my brain ever since. First and foremost there was the character of Amanda Wingfield, firmly stuck in the past, recalling her “glory days” as Bruce Springsteen would phrase it, in his famous song about two people in their ‘20’s, recalling how their life had peaked out in high school. For Amanda Wingfield, her “glory days” were from her teenage years also, in the Mississippi Delta, when she had 17 gentlemen callers seeking her hand… and probably a bit more. She tells her daughter, Laura, that a “girl had to be a conversationalist” back then. All those possibilities, the 17, and always the hint of so many more, yet she makes a “poor choice” who would abandon her and the family, and send a post card from Mexico that said simply: “Hello, Good-bye.” Tennessee Williams sets this play in America’s heartland, St. Louis. It is the late 1930’s, with news flashes involving the war in Spain, and Chamberlain. The Wingfield family is lower middle class, living in a tattered apartment, in a building with fire escapes, subsisting off the $65 a month son Tom, who works in a shoe store warehouse, brings home every month. Williams play is straightforward, and so easily understood, and packs so much pathos and heart-break into two hours of viewing, or reading, which chronicles the poverty of human existence. Reading the play after some four decades helped me recall some of the tragic circumstances of the other two members in the Wingfield family. There is daughter Laura, a “cripple,” and even back then the mother admonishes Tom not to use that word. She has a physical challenge; that is all. But it dominates her life, and she has not been able to overcome it. Now, many years after high school, she still recalls how much noise her brace made, and knew everyone was looking at her. She is painfully, painfully shy, cannot stay in steno school because she threw up on the floor, and pretends to continue to go, but visits the parks instead. Her sole solace in life is her small collection of glass animals, including a unicorn, which mom dubs with the name of the play. I had completely forgotten – or perhaps never realized the equal pathos in the life of son Tom. Stuck in a dead-end warehouse job, living with a mother and sister who are each in their very different worlds. The “breadwinner,” of sorts. He “escapes” from his humdrum life via the movies and alcohol, and endures the nagging of his mother. But he has his own plans… for a little real adventure in life, instead of living vicariously through the movies. “Chamberlain” haunts the au courant reader, with the realization that World War II is so near, and so now, on reflection, one must wonder how many bored warehouse clerks, from America’s heartland, found their adventure wading into the surf at Iwo Jima or Normandy? The climatic part of the play, which is what I will leave for the reader, is when Tom brings home a “gentleman caller” for Laura. As one might suspect, Williams remains true to his theme of pathos. The author makes very effective use of a shadow screen on stage, and the New Directions version helped recall it after those four decades. When there was a flashback in the play, behind the screen, there were the shadows that captured the essence of the flashback. And when needed, certain words would be flashed on the screen. As is so often the case, the foreword and afterword provide limited value to the reader, and I think should be simply skipped. As for the play itself, it merits 5-stars, plus, and a re-read, a few years down the line.
Review: The Glass Menagerie is somber but rivetting - I am a Tennessee Williams fan. And I knew all of his plays except Glass Menagerie, so I bought it. It exquisitely describes a sad family, where the mother is hoping that her daughter would receive 'gentlemen callers'. When one came by, the daughter showed him her Glass Menagerie. But it became clear that he was not looking fo an "intended". So things go back to as they were before he came, with the glass unicorn's horn cut off. Recommended,

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN  | 0811214044 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #5,999 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #4 in American Dramas & Plays #188 in Family Life Fiction (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (1,735) |
| Dimensions  | 5.2 x 0.4 x 8.1 inches |
| Edition  | Some Pages Turned Down, Name on Side |
| ISBN-10  | 9780811214049 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0811214049 |
| Item Weight  | 2.31 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 104 pages |
| Publication date  | June 17, 1999 |
| Publisher  | New Directions |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Those gentleman callers…
*by J***I on April 11, 2016*

…with honorable and not so honorable intentions. I first saw this play produced in Atlanta, in the ‘70’s, and fragments of it have rolled around in my brain ever since. First and foremost there was the character of Amanda Wingfield, firmly stuck in the past, recalling her “glory days” as Bruce Springsteen would phrase it, in his famous song about two people in their ‘20’s, recalling how their life had peaked out in high school. For Amanda Wingfield, her “glory days” were from her teenage years also, in the Mississippi Delta, when she had 17 gentlemen callers seeking her hand… and probably a bit more. She tells her daughter, Laura, that a “girl had to be a conversationalist” back then. All those possibilities, the 17, and always the hint of so many more, yet she makes a “poor choice” who would abandon her and the family, and send a post card from Mexico that said simply: “Hello, Good-bye.” Tennessee Williams sets this play in America’s heartland, St. Louis. It is the late 1930’s, with news flashes involving the war in Spain, and Chamberlain. The Wingfield family is lower middle class, living in a tattered apartment, in a building with fire escapes, subsisting off the $65 a month son Tom, who works in a shoe store warehouse, brings home every month. Williams play is straightforward, and so easily understood, and packs so much pathos and heart-break into two hours of viewing, or reading, which chronicles the poverty of human existence. Reading the play after some four decades helped me recall some of the tragic circumstances of the other two members in the Wingfield family. There is daughter Laura, a “cripple,” and even back then the mother admonishes Tom not to use that word. She has a physical challenge; that is all. But it dominates her life, and she has not been able to overcome it. Now, many years after high school, she still recalls how much noise her brace made, and knew everyone was looking at her. She is painfully, painfully shy, cannot stay in steno school because she threw up on the floor, and pretends to continue to go, but visits the parks instead. Her sole solace in life is her small collection of glass animals, including a unicorn, which mom dubs with the name of the play. I had completely forgotten – or perhaps never realized the equal pathos in the life of son Tom. Stuck in a dead-end warehouse job, living with a mother and sister who are each in their very different worlds. The “breadwinner,” of sorts. He “escapes” from his humdrum life via the movies and alcohol, and endures the nagging of his mother. But he has his own plans… for a little real adventure in life, instead of living vicariously through the movies. “Chamberlain” haunts the au courant reader, with the realization that World War II is so near, and so now, on reflection, one must wonder how many bored warehouse clerks, from America’s heartland, found their adventure wading into the surf at Iwo Jima or Normandy? The climatic part of the play, which is what I will leave for the reader, is when Tom brings home a “gentleman caller” for Laura. As one might suspect, Williams remains true to his theme of pathos. The author makes very effective use of a shadow screen on stage, and the New Directions version helped recall it after those four decades. When there was a flashback in the play, behind the screen, there were the shadows that captured the essence of the flashback. And when needed, certain words would be flashed on the screen. As is so often the case, the foreword and afterword provide limited value to the reader, and I think should be simply skipped. As for the play itself, it merits 5-stars, plus, and a re-read, a few years down the line.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Glass Menagerie is somber but rivetting
*by S***N on March 16, 2024*

I am a Tennessee Williams fan. And I knew all of his plays except Glass Menagerie, so I bought it. It exquisitely describes a sad family, where the mother is hoping that her daughter would receive 'gentlemen callers'. When one came by, the daughter showed him her Glass Menagerie. But it became clear that he was not looking fo an "intended". So things go back to as they were before he came, with the glass unicorn's horn cut off. Recommended,

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A sort of tragedy
*by G***H on February 5, 2017*

from the perspective of a somewhat successful female in the modern age, there were so many social observations in this play. A mother who relied on her husband to be the provider, as was the absolute rule of the time, seemingly abandoned. left in the wake, a son who must now bear the burden, and begrudgingly so. No wonder women developed a reputation for being gold diggers, and no wonder men have become so mistrustful of women. Williams seems to be a bit preoccupied with this theme so I can't help but wonder about the manipulative women he may have had in his life. it was a somber read, and well written. There is an interesting back-story about how it was awarded the Pulitzer. This kindle edition included a phenomenal essay at the end written by Tennessee Williams about the effects of success and the importance of having struggle in life. I will probably reread the essay a hundred times!

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