The Glass Menagerie marked a crucial turning point in American theater, and forever changed the life of its then unknown author. - A gorgeous new jacket design by Rodrigo Corral..
Louis. - An essay by the distinguished Williams scholar Allean Hale, "Inside The Menagerie," provides autobiographical particulars about Williams\'s family life in St. - Williams\'s classic essay about fame, "The Catastrophe of Success." - The playwright\'s original "Production Notes." - The 1944 opening-night rave reviews from Chicago. - "The Portrait of a Girl in Glass," Tennessee\'s short-story variation of the play - Photographs of great actresses who have played Amanda, and stills from various stage and film incarnations of The Glass Menagerie. - "The Pretty Trap," a cheerful one-act run-up to The Glass Menagerie.
Cummings, Walt Whitman, and Tennessee Williams, which Kushner discusses as sources of inspiration.
E. - The pioneering essay, "The Homosexual in Society," by Tennessee\'s friend Robert Duncan, and poems by Hart Crane, E.
The Deluxe Centennial Edition includes: - Tony Kushner\'s astonishing introduction.
The introduction by Tony Kushner sparkles with the kind of rich, unique insight that only a fellow playwright could convey.
Williams\'s elegiac master- piece brought a radical new lyricism to Broadway -- the tragedy, fragility, and tenderness of this "memory play" have made it one of America\'s most powerful, timeless, and compelling plays.
The Glass Menagerie marked a crucial turning point in American theater, and forever changed the life of its then unknown author
