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The Glass Menagerie

 Author: Tennessee Williams  Category: Drama  Published: January 1, 1945  Language: English  File Size: 667 KB  Tags: AmericanClassicsdramaFictionLiteraturememoryPlaysSchoolTheatre |  Download PDF
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The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. explores the theme of gender roles, escapism, familial responsibility, and unfulfilled desire.

This play follows the lives of a family of three (mother Amanda and two adult children, Laura and Tom) as they struggle to deal with a changing world in which they do not fit in.

Literary awards

  • New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best American Play (1945)

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