FROM THE COVER:
No play in modern theatre has so captured the imagination and heart of the American public as Tennessee Williamss The Glass Menagerie. This "memory play" tells of a family trapped in destructive patterns.

After being abandoned by her husband, Amanda Wingfield, a woman of the Great Depression, has become trapped between worlds of illusion and reality. She says she wants what is best for her children, but seems incapable of acknowledging what that would be or actually providing it for them. Tom, tired of only watching adventure at the movies, is determined to break away from his dominating mother, but stays only for the sake of his sister. Laura may not be the glamorous belle of the ball her mother wants, but she has her own inner charm and when confronted with Jim, a visitor from the normal world, there is the chance that she will finally claim her life as her own.

This is a poignant drama on the importance of love and it represents a memory of not only family but also of loss.

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