The Glass Menagerie

Overview

While you're probably familiar with A Streetcar Named Desire, you never would have heard of it without The Glass Menagerie. After all, it was this highly personal stage play — about a faded Southern belle and her two dysfunctional adult children — that first launched playwright Tennessee Williams from obscurity into the spotlight.

More than 70 years after their first appearance on stage in Chicago, Amanda Wingfield and her children Laura and Tom will trip the boards at Malthouse Theatre. Straight from a sold-out run at Sydney's Belvoir St Theatre, this updated take (directed by Eamon Flack) sees Tom look back on memories of his family, reimagined as scenes from an old black and white film. The reviews out of Sydney were stellar, with lead actress Pamela Rabe scoring a Helpmann Award for her troubles.