Overview of The Glass Menagerie By Tennessee Williams About the Drama :- The Glass Menagerie is a One act play and is also a memory play by Tennessee Williams that premiered in 1944 and catapulted Williams from obscurity to fame. The Play has strong autobiographical elements, featuring characters based on its author, his histrionic mother, and his mentally fragile sister Laura. In writing the play, Williams drew on earlier short stories, as well as a screenplay he had written under the title The Gentleman Caller . About the Author :- Thomas Lanier Williams III, known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright. Along with contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the three foremost playwrights of 20th-century American drama. Characters Amanda Wingfield - The Mother Laura Wingfield - Her Daughter Tom Wingfield - Her Son Jim O'Connor - The Gentleman Caller Emily Meisenbach - Jim used to g...
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