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Tennessee Williams
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Sign up todayThe Glass Menagerie
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Learn moreAnastasia Hille stars as Amanda Wingfield and George MacKay as her son Tom in BBC Radio 3’s landmark production of Tennessee Williams’ masterpiece
Tennessee Williams's iconic play tells the story of a family trapped in their own unhappy situation and the shattering of their quiet existence when is stranger is brought home.
Tom shares the cramped and claustrophobic tenement home with his over-bearing mother, Amanda and painfully shy sister, Laura. He works in a warehouse but dreams of becoming a poet, escaping his mundane life. Laura hides at home lacking the confidence to engage meaningfully with the outside world, preferring instead to lose herself in her collection of fragile glass animals. Amanda sells magazine subscriptions over the phone and commits herself to finding a match for her daughter. One day, Tom succumbs to his mother's pressure and brings home a gentleman caller…
Creating a dream-like atmosphere, The Glass Menagerie has remained one of Williams’ most touching, tender and painful works.
Tennessee Williams's drama is one of the most loved and well-known stage plays of the 20th century. It won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award in 1945 and paved the way for Williams to become one of America’s most highly regarded playwrights.
The Glass Menagerie is introduced by John Lahr, author of the acclaimed biography Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh.
Cast:
Amanda . . . . . Anastasia Hille
Tom . . . . . George MacKay
Laura . . . . . Patsy Ferran
Jim . . . . . Sope Dirisu
Directed and produced by Sasha Yevtushenko
Sound design by Peter Ringrose and Caleb Knightley.
Production co-ordinator: Mabel Wright
Music for violin arranged and performed by Bogdan Vacarescu
Tennessee Williams (Thomas Lanier Williams) was born in 1911 in Mississippi where he was brought up before moving to St Louis. He studied at the Universities of Washington and Iowa, and in New York while embarking on a career as a playwright. He achieved popular and critical success with many of his plays including The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. He also wrote a novella, and some collections of poems and short stories. His Memoirs appeared in 1975. He died in 1983.
Audiobook details
Narrators:
Anastasia Hille, George MacKay, Patsy Ferran & Sope Dirisu
ISBN:
9781787534667
Length:
1 hour 43 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
BBC Audio
Publication date:
November 21, 2019
Edition:
Unabridged
Libro.fm rank:
#44,871 Overall
Genre rank:
#1,123 in Classics