 Event |
The Glass Menagerie
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| Venue |
Performance Space, Wollongong, NSW |
| First Date |
23 May 2001 |
| Last Date |
26 May 2001 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional Training Schools/Colleges |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
Amanda Wingfield is a faded, tragic remnant of Southern gentility who lives in poverty in a dingy St. Louis apartment with her son, Tom, and her daughter, Laura. Amanda strives to give meaning and direction to her life and the lives of her children, though her methods are ineffective and irritating. Tom is driven nearly to distraction by his mother's nagging and seeks escape in alcohol and the unrealistic world of the movies. Laura also lives in her own illusions. She is crippled, and this defect, intensified by her mother's anxiety to see her married, has driven her more and more into hersel |
| Description Source |
Other |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Drama
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Works |
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| Text Nationality |
United States of America
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Web |
www.doollee.com, Theatre in Illawarra website/database |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
74971 |
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