This revised Student Edition includes an introduction by Daniel Ciba, which looks in particular at the play as a piece of realism or experimentalism and considers the play through the lens of Queer Identity. The introduction includes discussion of very recent revivals and adaptations of the play across the world.The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams first great popular success and an autobiographical play about his mother and sister, launched the brilliant and controversial career of this groundbreaking American playwright. Set in St Louis during the depression era of the 1930s, it is the poignant drama of a familys gradual disintegration, under pressure both from outside and within. METHUEN DRAMA STUDENT EDITIONS are expertly annotated texts of a wide range of plays from the modern and classic repertoires. A well as the complete text of the play itself, this volume contains A chronology of the play and the playwrights life and work an introductory discussion of the social, political, cultural and economic context in which the play was originally conceived and created a succinct overview of the creation processes followed and subsequent performance history of the piece an analysis of, and commentary on, some of the major themes and specific issues addressed by the text a bibliography of suggested primary and secondary materials for further study.

Binding: Paperback;136 pages; Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; Classification: DD; Weight: 240 g; Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 10

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