The Glass Menagerie (stage)

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memory play stage play

The Glass Menagerie (stage) is a classic memory play by Tennessee Williams that portrays a fragile St. Louis family grappling with lost dreams and harsh realities.

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Label	Occurrences
The Glass Menagerie	10
The Glass Menagerie (stage) canonical	4
The Glass Menagerie (1950 film)	2
The Glass Menagerie (1987 film)	1
The Glass Menagerie (stage production)	1
The Glass Menagerie (stage role)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	memory play ⓘ stage play ⓘ
adaptation	The Glass Menagerie (stage) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Glass Menagerie (1950 film) The Glass Menagerie (stage) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Glass Menagerie (1987 film) television adaptations ⓘ
author	Tennessee Williams ⓘ
awarded	New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play ⓘ surface form: New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best American Play
awardYear	1945 ⓘ
broadwayDebutDate	1945 ⓘ
broadwayDebutTheatre	Playhouse Theatre ⓘ
characterRelationship	Amanda Wingfield is Laura Wingfield’s mother ⓘ Amanda Wingfield is Tom Wingfield’s mother ⓘ Tom Wingfield is Laura Wingfield’s brother ⓘ
characterTrait	Amanda Wingfield is domineering and nostalgic ⓘ Laura Wingfield is shy and withdrawn ⓘ Tom Wingfield is restless and frustrated ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dramaticDevice	breaking the fourth wall ⓘ projection screens ⓘ
dramaticStyle	expressionism ⓘ
form	nonlinear narrative ⓘ
genre	drama ⓘ family drama ⓘ
inspiredBy	Tennessee Williams’s own family experiences ⓘ
literaryMovement	Realism ⓘ surface form: American realism
mainCharacter	Amanda Wingfield is domineering and nostalgic ⓘ surface form: Amanda Wingfield Jim O’Connor ⓘ Laura Wingfield ⓘ Tom Wingfield ⓘ
narrator	Tom Wingfield ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
premiereDate	1944 ⓘ
premiereLocation	Chicago ⓘ
producedOn	Broadway ⓘ West End ⓘ
publisherOfText	New Directions Publishing ⓘ
settingLocation	St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ surface form: St. Louis, Missouri
settingTimePeriod	1930s ⓘ
structure	two-act play ⓘ
symbol	fire escape ⓘ glass animals ⓘ unicorn figurine ⓘ
theme	economic hardship ⓘ family conflict ⓘ illusion versus reality ⓘ lost dreams ⓘ memory ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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Alison Steadman → notableWork → The Glass Menagerie (stage) ⓘ

Tennessee Williams → notableWork → The Glass Menagerie (stage) ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Glass Menagerie

Tennessee Williams → hasSignatureWork → The Glass Menagerie (stage) ⓘ

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Estelle Winwood → notableWork → The Glass Menagerie (stage) ⓘ

Karen Allen → notableWork → The Glass Menagerie (stage) ⓘ

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The Glass Menagerie (stage) → adaptation → The Glass Menagerie (stage) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: The Glass Menagerie

this entity surface form: The Glass Menagerie (1950 film)

The Glass Menagerie (stage) → adaptation → The Glass Menagerie (stage) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: The Glass Menagerie

this entity surface form: The Glass Menagerie (1987 film)

Isobel Elsom → notableWork → The Glass Menagerie (stage) ⓘ

Kate O’Flynn → notableWork → The Glass Menagerie (stage) ⓘ

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Gertrude Lawrence → notableWork → The Glass Menagerie (stage) ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Glass Menagerie (stage role)

Irving Rapper → directed → The Glass Menagerie (stage) ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Glass Menagerie (1950 film)

Jayne Wisener → performedIn → The Glass Menagerie (stage) ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Glass Menagerie

Steppenwolf Theatre Company → hasProduction → The Glass Menagerie (stage) ⓘ

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Joanne Woodward → notableWork → The Glass Menagerie (stage) ⓘ

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Thomas Lanier Williams III → notableWork → The Glass Menagerie (stage) ⓘ

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Thomas → notableWork → The Glass Menagerie (stage) ⓘ

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Sam Waterston → notableWork → The Glass Menagerie (stage) ⓘ

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Amanda Donohoe → notableWork → The Glass Menagerie (stage) ⓘ

Lucinda Ballard → notableWork → The Glass Menagerie (stage) ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Glass Menagerie (stage production)