{"product_id":"the-glass-menagerie","title":"The Glass Menagerie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy (author) Williams, Tennessee; By (author) Williams, Tennessee; Edited by Browne E.; Introduction by Bray, Robert\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShort description\/annotation:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbandoned by her husband, Amanda Wingfield comforts herself with recollections of her earlier, life in Blue Mountain when she was pursued by ''gentleman callers''. Her son Tom, a poet with a job in a warehouse, longs for adventure and escape from his mother''s suffocating embrace, while Laura, her daughter, has her glass menagerie and her memories.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTennessee Williams''s evocation of loneliness and lost love,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Glass Menagerie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis one of his most powerful and moving plays. This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes a new introduction by Robert Bray.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbandoned by her husband, Amanda Wingfield comforts herself with recollections of her earlier, more gracious life in Blue Mountain when she was pursued by ''gentleman callers''. Her son Tom, a poet with a job in a warehouse, longs for adventure and escape from his mother''s suffocating embrace, while Laura, her shy crippled daughter, has her glass menagerie and her memories. Amanda is desperate to find her daughter a husband, but when the long-awaited gentleman caller does arrive, Laura''s romantic illusions are crushed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTennessee Williams (1911-1983) was born in Columbus, Mississippi. When his father, a travelling salesman, moved with his family to St Louis some years later, both he and his sister found it impossible to settle down to city life. He entered college during the Depression and left after a couple of years to take a clerical job in a shoe company. He stayed there for two years, spending the evenings writing. He received a Rockefeller Fellowship in 1940 for his play\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBattle of Angels\u003c\/i\u003e, and he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1948 and 1955. Among his many other plays Penguin have published\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Glass Menagerie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1944),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Streetcar Named Desire\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(1947),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rose Tattoo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1951),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCat on a Hot Tin Roof\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1955),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSweet Bird of Youth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1959),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Night of the Iguana\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1961), and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmall Craft Warnings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1972).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you enjoyed\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Glass Menagerie,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eyou might like\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCat on a Hot Tin Roof\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Tennessee Williams will live as long as drama itself''\u003cbr\u003ePeter Shaffer, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEquus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBiographical note:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTennessee Williams was born in 1911 in Columbus, Mississippi, where his grandfather was the episcopal clergyman. When his father, a travelling salesman, moved with his family to St Louis some years later, both he and his sister found it impossible to settle down to city life. He entered college during the Depression and left after a couple of years to take a clerical job in a shoe company. He stayed there for two years, spending the evenings writing. He entered the University of Iowa in 1938 and completed his course, at the same time holding a large number of part-time jobs of great diversity. He received a Rockefeller Fellowship in 1940 for his play \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBattle of Angels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1948 and 1955. Among his many other plays Penguin have published \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Glass Menagerie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1944), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Streetcar Named Desire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1947), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSummer and Smoke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1948), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rose Tattoo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1951), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCamino Real\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1953), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCat on a Hot Tin Roof\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1955), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrpheus Descending\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1957), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSweet Bird of Youth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1959), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeriod of Adjustment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1960), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Night of the Iguana\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1961), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Milk Train Doesn''t Stop Here Anymore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1963; revised 1964) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmall Craft Warnings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1972). 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