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Glass Menagerie, The

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Glass Menagerie, The
drama of St. Louis family escaping reality through illusion (1945). [Am. Lit.: The Glass Menagerie, Magill III, 418–420]
See : Illusion


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Even as it would be a concession to Tom's choral function, though, unlike the choruses of ancient Greek tragedy, Tom is a chorus of one; and, at the end of The Glass Menagerie, the individualistic Tom abandons the stage, or his family, whereas the socially-minded Greek chorus never deserted the stage and its fellow citizens.
Byline: Joe Riley Today THEATRE: The Glass Menagerie, the modern classic which the American writer Tennessee Williams described as being based on his own strained relationship with his mother and sister, gets an airing from Liverpool University Drama Society.
Mari is the sort of brassy Mother Bulldozer whom gay playwrights have fetishized since the year one: Think The Glass Menagerie, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, and Gypsy.
 
 
 
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