The Glass Menagerie

Synopsis

Amanda Wingfield was once courted by seventeen gentleman callers in on afternoon. Now she yearns for the days when her daughter Laura will captivate the world. But Laura lives out her own dreams with her cherished collection of glass animals - until the man she has loved from afar arrives at the apartment. The Glass Menagerie is a poignant and intensely moving exploration of a fragile fantasy world - a world that might easily be shattered.

Our Review:

22 October 2011

St Louis: where the accents have no solid grounding, where the women are shrill and over emotional, where the little table of glass horses sits downstage as a patronising and metaphorical reminder and where depth and humanity are estranged from its inhabitants, or so director Sarah Punshon and the cast of The Glass Menagerie would have us believe.

The classic drama from one of America’s seminal playwrights opens with a magic trick and a soliloquy. It’s a fine start to a very fine play, however, quite quickly, the production takes over and the stage is swamped with tacky blue rose gobos and didactic performances.

Tom Wingfield (James Joyce) gives an eloquent, light touch to the troubled wannabe writer with just enough edge and boundless humility to be sympathetic. Unfortunately, the two female performers do not succeed quite so well with their turns.

True, they have the almost impossible task of making ...

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