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The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie | Tennessee Williams
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Menagerie was Williams's first popular success and launched the brilliant, if somewhat controversial, career of our pre-eminent lyric playwright. Since its premiere in Chicago in 1944, with the legendary Laurette Taylor in the role of Amanda, the play has been the bravura piece for great actresses from Jessica Tandy to Joanne Woodward, and is studied and performed in classrooms and theatres around the world. The Glass Menagerie (in the reading text the author preferred) is now available only in its New Directions Paperbook edition. A new introduction by prominent Williams scholar Robert Bray, editor of The Tennessee Williams Annual Review, reappraises the play more than half a century after it won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award: "More than fifty years after telling his story of a family whose lives form a triangle of quiet desperation, Williams's mellifluous voice still resonates deeply and universally." This edition of The Glass Menagerie also includes Williams's essay on the impact of sudden fame on a struggling writer, "The Catastrophe of Success," as well as a short section of Williams's own "Production Notes." The cover features the classic line drawing by Alvin Lustig, originally done for the 1949 New Directions edition.
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AshleyHoss820
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This is a lovely, contemplative little play. It has some great imagery involved, and the characters are fully realized people full of hope, desperation, and flaws. It's my first Tennessee Williams. I wasn't completely blown away, but I am looking forward to A Streetcar Named Desire. (In case you want fair warning: Amanda, the mom, has a couple of racist remarks against a couple of different minority groups.) #RoryGilmoreChallenge

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Booksandtea23
The Glass Menagerie | Tennessee Williams

“ I didn‘t go to the moon I went much further for time is the longest distance between places.”

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Booksandtea23
The Glass Menagerie | Tennessee Williams

“Your the only young man I know of who ignores the fact that the future becomes the present, the present the past and the past turns into everlasting regret if you don‘t plan for it. “

- Amanda (The Mother) The Glass Menagerie

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kellyannprz
The Glass Menagerie | Tennessee Williams
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Pickpick

Randomly remembered I didn‘t post this one as finished✨

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kellyannprz
The Glass Menagerie | Tennessee Williams
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In between reading and working✨

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CoffeeNBooks
The Glass Menagerie | Tennessee Williams
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 📚👏🏻 3y
Eggs A classic ❤️🤍🖤 3y
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Kshakal
The Glass Menagerie | Tennessee Williams
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Eggs A classic❣️ 3y
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TheSpineView
The Glass Menagerie | Tennessee Williams
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect choice 👏🏻📚 3y
Eggs A classic 💔 3y
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SusanLee
The Glass Menagerie | Tennessee Williams
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awesome 📚👍🏻 3y
Eggs What a great story! 3y
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SusanLee
The Glass Menagerie | Tennessee Williams
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Pickpick

A memory play that was well written, well played and yet the plot wasn‘t as ... I dunno, maybe my expectation was higher due to all the rave reviews 😅 It‘s a good read nevertheless.

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SusanLee
The Glass Menagerie | Tennessee Williams
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Here‘s my take on #bookspin #bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks ! I can‘t decide which books to fill up the boxes with, I‘ve decided to place alphabets instead! I‘ll pick the books with the author‘s first name based on the alphabet where the numbers are in. January‘s numbers were 20 and 4 so it‘s T and D! I did drill it down further to type based on another challenge. So that‘s how I‘ve ended up with Tennessee Williams‘ The Glass Menagerie 🤞🏻

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TheSpineView
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EadieB Great quote! 4y
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1jules
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Pickpick

Excellent production of Tennesse Williams', The Glass Menagerie
On Audiobook.com

#tennesseewilliams
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UnRuLee I adore Tennessee Williams! 5y
1jules So do I! Brilliant mind! 5y
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cariashley
The Glass Menagerie | Tennessee Williams
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My husband pulled this out to look something up and the second he put it down, #SullivanCat was on it. #catsoflitsy #kal

thegirlwiththelibrarybag One of the classic blunders 😹 5y
Lynnsoprano 😍 Adorable! I just want to pick him up and cuddle. 5y
Crazeedi Great instincts! 5y
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Lcsmcat He knows a good play when he poses on it. 😸 5y
cariashley @Lynnsoprano he is becoming very cuddly in his old age (11 years) 😊 5y
cariashley @Lcsmcat 😹😹 5y
LauraJ That‘s a professional cat! 5y
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TK-421
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“I went in the art museum and the bird houses at the #Zoo. I visited the penguins every day!” #QuotsyDec19

The image of Laura visiting the penguins has always stuck with me. Maybe because I‘d probably do the same thing in her place if I could. 🐧 🐧🐧

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rabbitprincess
The Glass Menagerie | Tennessee Williams
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I'll call this a Pick because I found the autobiographical elements made the play even more compelling. I was a bit lost when it came to classifying this as a memory play, but overall it worked well even on paper. With the right cast, though, it could be electric on stage.

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OriginalCyn620
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This is #aplay I really enjoyed reading, but unfortunately, I‘ve never seen a stage production!
#gratefulreads

Freespirit I read this in high school 40 years ago! 5y
TheKidUpstairs 💓💓💓💓 5y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I‘m pretty sure I did too!! 5y
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EmilieGR
The Glass Menagerie | Tennessee Williams
Mehso-so

Thought provoking

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TheSpineView
The Glass Menagerie | Tennessee Williams
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#quotsydec18 @TK-421

Prompt: Time

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GatheringBooks
The Glass Menagerie | Tennessee Williams
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#QuotsyDec18 Day 29: #Time being the longest distance between places and people.

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2BR02B
The Glass Menagerie | Tennessee Williams
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I laughed way too hard at this.

DGRachel 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 6y
LauraBeth 😂😂😂 6y
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tjwill 🙌🏽 Puns! 6y
Q84 Hahaha! 6y
vivastory 😂😂 6y
LeahBergen 😂😂 6y
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CoffeeNBooks
The Glass Menagerie | Tennessee Williams
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Finished this one tonight. Semi-autobiographical, sad but good. 💙 Tennessee Williams

Leftcoastzen I love me some space dust! Yum!🍺And Tennessee! 6y
CoffeeNBooks @Leftcoastzen Space Dust is my new favorite! 🍻 6y
Sungirl79 Love Elysian beer! They have all their pumpkin beers out now! So yummy!!!🍺 6y
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CoffeeNBooks @Sungirl79 I've never tried a pumpkin beer! 6y
Sungirl79 @CoffeeNBooks They are so good!! I look forward to fall for their pumpkin beer. I live a ferry ride away from Seattle where they are based out of and go to their brewery. Nothing like fresh beer from the tap ! ❤️🍺 6y
CoffeeNBooks @Sungirl79 I'll have to see if my grocery store gets any pumpkin beer, and if so I'll try it. 🎃 And yes, fresh beer from the tap is always better!! 🍺 6y
Sungirl79 @CoffeeNBooks Hopefully they have Elysian pumpkin beer. They are the best!! 6y
Book_Fairy_Mary Btw, Space Dust is my jam! Cheers! 🍻 6y
CoffeeNBooks @Book_Fairy_Mary It's so good!! 🍺 6y
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TheKidUpstairs
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BarbaraTheBibliophage Ha! Great choice for this prompt. 6y
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KatieanneF
The Glass Menagerie | Tennessee Williams
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My absolute favorite role I‘ve ever played: Laura Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie. An absolutely exquisite play by a truly brilliant author- the stage directions read just as beautifully as the actual dialogue. #Tennesseewilliams

TheBookStacker I love Williams but I‘m more partial to 6y
KatieanneF @TheBookStacker another great one! I‘d love to play Maggie one day 😍😍. His plays have such tactile emotions and such lovely words 6y
RJHowe It can be great to read a play for a change now and again. 6y
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KatieCarpenter Laura is a dream role! 6y
KatieanneF @KatieCarpenter it was a dream to get to play her, truly. I felt very spoiled for the whole ride 6y
KatieCarpenter @KatieanneF that‘s so wonderful though. I‘m so glad you got to! One of my favorite characters written for the stage. :) how long have you been doing theatre for? Also similar names and you like the stage? Immediately friends! ;) (edited) 6y
CarolynM What a fabulous experience! It is a wonderful part in a wonderful play. But I have to say I agree with @TheBookStacker Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is my favourite and if I were an actor I'd kill to play Maggie! 6y
KatieanneF @KatieCarpenter yes!! ☺️☺️☺️ I‘ve been acting since I was in high school (I‘m 29 now). Do you perform too? 6y
KatieCarpenter @KatieanneF yes! Mostly in the community theatre here. I started heavily performing after I was finished with college. :) my most recent show was Blithe Spirit. I was Elvira :) 6y
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CBee
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CBee @tk-421 6y
KatieanneF One of my absolute favorites! 6y
TK-421 I love this play! I really need to reread it ❤️ 6y
CBee @TK-421 me too! I was just thinking I should reread it. 6y
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GatheringBooks
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#QuotsyJuly18 Day 15: As #Delicate as a glass, indeed. still unable to tag people huhuhuhu 😭

KatieCarpenter One of my favorite plays of all time. Laura is one of my favorite characters written for the stage. I just connect with her so deeply. 6y
TK-421 I love this play & really need to reread it. I remember Laura being the one I felt a connection to when I first read it in high school but later, it was Tom who really struck a chord with me. I wonder how I will feel about the characters now? 6y
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Pam.Kokomo
The Glass Menagerie | Tennessee Williams
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Playing catch-up with #closereads podcast. I‘ve never read any TW before, so this was a treat, and the essay at the end was just as good.

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Pam.Kokomo
The Glass Menagerie | Tennessee Williams
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Pool stack!

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deathmetalcardigan
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Now it is just like all the other horses.

staci.reads Love The Glass Menagerie! "How beautiful it is and how easily it can be broken." Welcome to Litsy! 7y
deathmetalcardigan @staci.reads I know! So good! Thanks for stopping by and thanks for the welcome! 7y
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lonelybluenights
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Audition prep #readingatwork

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Billypar
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Saw many beautiful #roses at the NY botanical gardens yesterday for Memorial Day like the one pictured, though I'm not sure if any were 'blue roses', as the Laura's 'gentleman caller' mistakenly hears her refer to her pleurosis, in a touching scene of the tagged play. #getmovin @eanderson @Cinfhen

Cathythoughts Ahhhhh 💙 7y
Cinfhen That is soooo beautiful!! Thanks for sharing the photo 💟💟💟 7y
Billypar @Cinfhen There were so many gorgeous ones to appreciate. I should probably give an image credit to my fiancee who is the photographer of the two of us. All my photos are carefully arranged books 😋 7y
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britt_brooke
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Planning to #reread The Crucible at some point. It‘s been about 20 years. The other two are still #TBR. I‘ll get to them one day ...

#Stage #ReadingResolutions

Leftcoastzen Sometimes the plays the thing! 7y
britt_brooke @Leftcoastzen I haven‘t read many, but the ones I have, I‘ve enjoyed. Nice change of pace! 7y
CoffeeNBooks The Crucible and Death of a Salesman are both great! The Glass Menagerie is on my bookshelf, waiting to be read. 7y
readordierachel I remember loving the Glass Menagerie in high school, for whatever that's worth. 7y
britt_brooke @CoffeeNBooks @ReadOrDieRachel I may have to move The Glass Menagerie up in my TBR! I read A Streetcar Named Desire a couple of years ago and it was really good. 7y
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kez_dispencer
The Glass Menagerie | Tennessee Williams
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Randoms I picked up the other day from Good Will. 📖 👌

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DivineDiana
The Glass Menagerie | Tennessee Williams
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I stopped by the Library‘s used book store today and took this photo for the last day of #nuyear book challenge. Thank you for all those prompts that had my brain working overtime! #weareglass

TrishB Thanks for joining in 👍🏻 the posts have been awesome. 7y
Cinfhen Nice one!!! I miss the library 😢😢😩 7y
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erzascarletbookgasm
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This book is a play, with autobiographical aspects which features characters based on Williams himself, his mother, and his mentally fragile sister Rose. #nuyear #weareglass
This month‘s photo challenge has been a blast! Thanks @Cinfhen and @TrishB (and Mr.B) for the awesome playlist! Some prompts got my creative juices flowing, others got me 🤔. 🤘🖤❣️

TrishB Great pick 👍🏻 and thanks for playing along. I‘ve loved all the posts ❤️ 7y
Cinfhen Another clever choice! YOU ROCKED this month 🤘🏽🖤❣️ 7y
Cathythoughts Great choice 👍🏻👍🏻💓 7y
DGRachel I loved this play. I wrote an essay on it in college. 😊 7y
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ephemeralwaltz
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Re-reading for an exam tomorrow.

julesG Best of luck! 7y
ephemeralwaltz Thank you @julesG 😘 7y
Andrew65 Good luck. 😊 7y
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ephemeralwaltz @Andrew65 thank you!😘 7y
OSChamberlain You‘ve got this. Good luck! 7y
Andrew65 Hope the exam went well! 🤞 7y
ephemeralwaltz @Andrew65 it did, thank you! 👏 7y
Andrew65 @ephemeralwaltz Well done 👍 7y
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PagesOfKate
The Glass Menagerie | Tennessee Williams
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A gentleman caller you say! #ReindeerReads #Visitors

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ephemeralwaltz
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Really enjoyed this play. I should've read Williams' work earlier! Can't wait to discuss it in class 😍👌

⭐⭐⭐⭐

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ephemeralwaltz
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Friday afternoon reading 📚

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MiyakoBunny
The Glass Menagerie | Tennessee Williams
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Thoroughly enjoyable but even more so once you get the perspective of reading his essay “The catastrophe of Success” at the end which gives it a very raw enigmatic draw like no other especially since The Menagerie itself is semi autobiographical

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MiyakoBunny
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My 1st Tennessee Williams 🍒

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LydiaTheHuman
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I absolutely adore the way this play begins and I can‘t wait to read the rest of the play!

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katie_beth
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My reading tonight ❤️

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Well-ReadNeck
The Glass Menagerie | Tennessee Williams
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#riotgrams #retrocoverfun

Found these beautiful modernist covers by Alvin Lustig. Love the covers and the collage.

britt_brooke Wow, these are great! 7y
ReadingEnvy Gorgeous 7y
vivastory I love Lustig. This is a great collection of postcards 7y
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