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9780811219037 English 0811219038 A new hardcover edition of this beloved classic - with a new Tony Kushner introduction - to honor the centennial year, 2011, of America's greatest playwright., The Glass Menagerie marked a crucial turning point in American theater, and forever changed the life of its then unknown author. Williams's elegiac master- piece brought a radical new lyricism to Broadway - the tragedy, fragility, and tenderness of this memory play have made it one of America's most powerful, timeless, and compelling plays. The introduction by Tony Kushner sparkles with the kind of rich, unique insight that only a fellow playwright could convey. The Deluxe Centennial Edition includes: Tony Kushner's astonishing introduction. The pioneering essay, The Homosexual in Society, by Tennessee's friend Robert Duncan, and poems by Hart Crane, E. E. Cummings, Walt Whitman, and Tennessee Williams, which Kushner discusses as sources of inspiration. The Pretty Trap, a cheerful one-act run-up to The Glass Menagerie. The Portrait of a Girl in Glass, Tennessee's short-story variation of the play Photographs of great actresses who have played Amanda, and stills from various stage and film incarnations of The Glass Menagerie. Williams's classic essay about fame, The Catastrophe of Success. The playwright's original Production Notes. The 1944 opening-night rave reviews from Chicago. An essay by the distinguished Williams scholar Allean Hale, Inside The Menagerie, provides autobiographical particulars about Williams's family life in St. Louis. A gorgeous new jacket design by Rodrigo Corral., When it opened in Chicago in 1944, The Glass Menagerie marked a turningpoint in American theater and in the life of its then unknown author. TennesseeWilliams's elegiac masterpiece brought a radical new lyricism to Broadway-andtoday the tragedy, fragility, and tenderness of this 'memory play' endure. In a cramped St. Louis apartment the aging Southern belle Amanda Wingfield, long preoccupied by memories of gentlemen callers and a world that nolonger exists, is energized by the dilemma of how to save what remains of herfamily. Her restless son Tom-factory worker, aspiring poet, and the narrator ofthe play-is swept up in Amanda's comic and heartbreaking schemes to findLaura, his agonizingly shy and handicapped sister, a husband. This new edition of The Glass Menagerie comes with an exciting introduction by the playwright Tony Kushner. Williams's classic essay on the effect ofswift and unexpected fame, 'The Catastrophe of Success,' his original production notes, and a new essay on the autobiographical background of the play bythe distinguished Williams scholar Allean Hale are also included., marked a crucial turning point in American theater, and forever changed the life of its then unknown author. Williams's elegiac master- piece brought a radical new lyricism to Broadway the tragedy, fragility, and tenderness of this "memory play" have made it one of America's most powerful, timeless, and compelling plays. The introduction by Tony Kushner sparkles with the kind of rich, unique insight that only a fellow playwright could convey. The Deluxe Centennial Edition includes: Tony Kushner's astonishing introduction. The pioneering essay, "The Homosexual in Society," by Tennessee's friend Robert Duncan, and poems by Hart Crane, E. E. Cummings, Walt Whitman, and Tennessee Williams, which Kushner discusses as sources of inspiration. "The Pretty Trap," a cheerful one-act run-up to . "The Portrait of a Girl in Glass," Tennessee's short-story variation of the play Photographs of great actresses who have played Amanda, and stills from various stage and film incarnations of . Williams's classic essay about fame, "The Catastrophe of Success." The playwright's original "Production Notes." The 1944 opening-night rave reviews from Chicago. An essay by the distinguished Williams scholar Allean Hale, "Inside The Menagerie," provides autobiographical particulars about Williams's family life in St. Louis. A gorgeous new jacket design by Rodrigo Corral.
9780811219037 English 0811219038 A new hardcover edition of this beloved classic - with a new Tony Kushner introduction - to honor the centennial year, 2011, of America's greatest playwright., The Glass Menagerie marked a crucial turning point in American theater, and forever changed the life of its then unknown author. Williams's elegiac master- piece brought a radical new lyricism to Broadway - the tragedy, fragility, and tenderness of this memory play have made it one of America's most powerful, timeless, and compelling plays. The introduction by Tony Kushner sparkles with the kind of rich, unique insight that only a fellow playwright could convey. The Deluxe Centennial Edition includes: Tony Kushner's astonishing introduction. The pioneering essay, The Homosexual in Society, by Tennessee's friend Robert Duncan, and poems by Hart Crane, E. E. Cummings, Walt Whitman, and Tennessee Williams, which Kushner discusses as sources of inspiration. The Pretty Trap, a cheerful one-act run-up to The Glass Menagerie. The Portrait of a Girl in Glass, Tennessee's short-story variation of the play Photographs of great actresses who have played Amanda, and stills from various stage and film incarnations of The Glass Menagerie. Williams's classic essay about fame, The Catastrophe of Success. The playwright's original Production Notes. The 1944 opening-night rave reviews from Chicago. An essay by the distinguished Williams scholar Allean Hale, Inside The Menagerie, provides autobiographical particulars about Williams's family life in St. Louis. A gorgeous new jacket design by Rodrigo Corral., When it opened in Chicago in 1944, The Glass Menagerie marked a turningpoint in American theater and in the life of its then unknown author. TennesseeWilliams's elegiac masterpiece brought a radical new lyricism to Broadway-andtoday the tragedy, fragility, and tenderness of this 'memory play' endure. In a cramped St. Louis apartment the aging Southern belle Amanda Wingfield, long preoccupied by memories of gentlemen callers and a world that nolonger exists, is energized by the dilemma of how to save what remains of herfamily. Her restless son Tom-factory worker, aspiring poet, and the narrator ofthe play-is swept up in Amanda's comic and heartbreaking schemes to findLaura, his agonizingly shy and handicapped sister, a husband. This new edition of The Glass Menagerie comes with an exciting introduction by the playwright Tony Kushner. Williams's classic essay on the effect ofswift and unexpected fame, 'The Catastrophe of Success,' his original production notes, and a new essay on the autobiographical background of the play bythe distinguished Williams scholar Allean Hale are also included., marked a crucial turning point in American theater, and forever changed the life of its then unknown author. Williams's elegiac master- piece brought a radical new lyricism to Broadway the tragedy, fragility, and tenderness of this "memory play" have made it one of America's most powerful, timeless, and compelling plays. The introduction by Tony Kushner sparkles with the kind of rich, unique insight that only a fellow playwright could convey. The Deluxe Centennial Edition includes: Tony Kushner's astonishing introduction. The pioneering essay, "The Homosexual in Society," by Tennessee's friend Robert Duncan, and poems by Hart Crane, E. E. Cummings, Walt Whitman, and Tennessee Williams, which Kushner discusses as sources of inspiration. "The Pretty Trap," a cheerful one-act run-up to . "The Portrait of a Girl in Glass," Tennessee's short-story variation of the play Photographs of great actresses who have played Amanda, and stills from various stage and film incarnations of . Williams's classic essay about fame, "The Catastrophe of Success." The playwright's original "Production Notes." The 1944 opening-night rave reviews from Chicago. An essay by the distinguished Williams scholar Allean Hale, "Inside The Menagerie," provides autobiographical particulars about Williams's family life in St. Louis. A gorgeous new jacket design by Rodrigo Corral.