The Glass Menagerie at Marines Memorial

The Glass Menagerie is Tennessee Williams' poetic account of the Wingfield family during the Great  

Depression in St.Louis Missouri. Within their one-bedroom tenement, they cope and comfort each  

other while the absent Mr.Wingfield smiles at them from his large portrait. Each family member  

seeks a remedy for their malaise but their respective antidotes are at odds. From laughable  

measures and throwing caution to the wind as well as finding refuge in the simple things, they all  

want to escape their respective, although, shared situation. It's a precarious arrangement with  

heightened stakes as the non-traditional casting offers an expanded view of each member's  

motivations and limitations of the time. 

Authors

• Tennessee Williams

Tony Awards and Nominations for The Glass Menagerie