When Amanda decides to find a suitor for Laura, the gap between dignity and desperation widens even more.
Tom and Laura struggle to cope with their mother’s interference, leaving Tom feeling miserable with his life in St Louis and Laura pressured into a future that doesn’t interest her. She was shattered when her husband left but she has hung onto enough self-possession to realise she must take good care of her children’s future. The story? Amanda Wingfield is trapped between now and then, between the past and present. The Glass Menagerie opens at the Duke of York’s Theatre from late May 2022 with a 14 week run and Amy Adams has been chosen to play the lead role of Amanda Wingfield.
The play premiered in 1944, during the Second World War, and is partly autobiographical, referring to characters inspired by himself, his unstable mother, and his mentally fragile sister. Thanks to this brilliant story he shot to fame and fortune from obscurity. Suitable for children?Īge recommendations for The Glass Menagerie are TBC.Tennessee Williams’ remarkable play, The Glass Menagerie, is a wonderful memory play and a piece of drama that made the playwright’s name. Adams will be joined by Paul Hilton (The Inheritance), Tom Glynn-Carney (The Ferryman), Lizzie Annis and Victor Alli.ĭon’t miss this starry revival of Williams’ celebrated memory play when it opens at the Duke of York’s Theatre on 23rd May 2022 for a limited three-month run. The Glass Menagerie will be directed by Jeremy Herrin ( People, Places and Things This House). Adams also plays Cynthia Murphy in the 2021 screen adaptation of the acclaimed musical DEAR EVAN HANSEN. She made her stage debut as The Baker’s Wife in 2012 in the New York transfer of the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods. Since 2013, she has played Lois Lane in the DC Extended Universe, making appearances in Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League. Her most notable film appearances include Catch Me If You Can, Doubt, American Hustle and Vice. He went on to write some of the most famous American dramas of the 20th century, including Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, A Streetcar Named Desire and Sweet Bird of Youth.Īmy Adams is a two-time Golden Globe winner and six-time Oscar nominee. The play premiered in 1945 and launched Williams‘ career as a playwright, catapulting him into the limelight. One night, a mysterious gentleman caller arrives and throws the familial balance into disarray. Hollywood star Amy Adams will star in a West End revival of Tennessee Williams‘ seminal play The Glass Menagerie at the Duke of York’s Theatre.ĭrawing on autobiographical elements of Williams‘ life, the play follows the Wingfield family as an ageing Southern Belle struggles to grapple with her past and threatens to consume her isolated daughter and frustrated son. Book The Glass Menagerie tickets to see Golden Globe winner Amy Adams make her West End debut
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