The Glass Menagerie

This revised Student Edition includes an introduction by Daniel Ciba, which examines the play in terms of realism or experimentalism, and considers it through the lens of Queer Identity. The introduction includes discussions of recent revivals and adaptations of the play across the world.

The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams' first major popular success and an autobiographical play about his mother and sister, launched the noteworthy and controversial career of this pioneering American playwright. Set in St Louis during the Depression era of the 1930s, it is a poignant drama of a family's 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. In addition to the complete text of the play itself, this volume contains:

• A chronology of the play and the playwright’s 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 the 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.