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The Glass Menagerie
Tennessee Williams
出版Methuen Drama, 2008
主題Drama / GeneralDrama / American / General
ISBN07136851239780713685121
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=VKALAQAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋"The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams' first great popular success, launched the brilliant and controversial career of this ground-breaking American playwright. Set in St Louis during the depression era of the 1930s, it is the poignant drama of a family's gradual disintegration, under pressure both from outside and within. A frustrated mother persuades her rebellious son to provide a 'gentleman caller' for her shy crippled daughter, but her romantic dreams are shattered by the intervention of harsh reality." "The play premiered in Chicago in 1944, in a production featuring the legendary Laurette Taylor in the role of Amanda. Since then, a line of great actresses have shone as this archetypal 'ageing southern belle', but The Glass Menagerie is nevertheless a true ensemble piece. This edition provides the author's preferred reading text and includes Williams' essay on the impact of sudden fame on a struggling writer, 'The Catastrophe of Success', as well as a short section of --