The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams" "memory play" originates after World War II in a dark, dreary alley in St. Louis. The play consists of only four main characters or actors; a mother, brother, sister, and the gentleman caller round out the people. The names given by Williams are; Amanda ... is transformed when the notice of the caller is presented and the pad becomes very much more lavish and rich looking. The theme that I get out of the play is the idea that Laura is looking for an escape in her glass menagerie. She isn't concerned with all the proper things to do of the day, and she ...

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