The Glass Menagerie ( The Glass Menagerie ) is partly an autobiographical play by Tennessee Williams , which brought him his first resounding success. The play was awarded the 1944/1945 theater season prize, awarded by the New York Theater Critics Circle.
| Glass menagerie | |
|---|---|
| English The glass menagerie | |
| Genre | drama |
| Author | Tennessee williams |
| Original language | English |
| Date of writing | 1944 |
| Publishing house | |
Content
Creation
The prototype of the Wingfield family was the playwright's own family: a strict father, a quick-tempered mother and sister, Rose, who suffered from depression. The play was first staged in 1944 in Chicago , where it was a great success.
Characters
- Amanda Wingfield - Mother
- Laura Wingfield - her daughter
- Tom Wingfield - her son
- Jim O'Connor - Visitor
Films
- 1950 - The Glass Menagerie , directed by Irving Rapper .
- Gertrude Lawrence - Amanda
- Jane Wyman - Laura
- Arthur Kennedy - Tom
- Kirk Douglas - Jim O'Connor
- 1966 - The Glass Menagerie , directed by Michael Elliot .
- Shirley Booth - Amanda
- Barbara Loden - Laura
- Hal Holbrook - Tom
- Pat Hingle - Jim O'Connor
- 1967 - “The Glass Menagerie ”, directed by Gunnel Broström ( Sweden ).
- 1973 - The Glass Menagerie , directed by Anthony Harvey .
- Katherine Hepburn - Amanda
- Joanne Miles - Laura
- Sam Waterson - Tom
- Michael Moriarty - Jim O'Connor
- 1987 - The Glass Menagerie , directed by Paul Newman .
- Joan Woodward - Amanda
- Karen Allen - Laura
- John Malkovich - Tom
- James Naughton - Jim O'Connor
Performances
- “Glass Menagerie” 1992 - directed by Igor Turov , theater-studio "Mirror" (Vologda) .
- “Glass Menagerie” 1994 - director Armen Elbakyan , Yerevan Art Theater Frunze Mkrtchyan , Armenia
- Glass Menagerie 1999 - directed by Yakov Rubin , Chamber Drama Theater (Vologda) .
- “Blue Roses” ( 2006 , Youth Theater on the Fontanka ).
- Elena Solovyova - Amanda
- Peter Zhuravlev - Tom
- Emilia Spivak - Laura
- Eugene Titov - Jim O'Connor
- “Glass Menagerie” 2009 - director Victor Prokopov , Theater for Children and Youth (Kemerovo) .
- The Blue Rose ( 2012 )
- Olga Ostroumova - Amanda
- Kirill Safonov - Tom
- Olga Arntgolts - Laura
- Anatoly Smiranin - Jim O'Connor
- “Glass Menagerie” ( 2013 ) - Tver Academic Drama Theater
- Director - Hon. art. Russian Vitaliy Sinitsky
- Amanda - Nar. art. Russia Vera Rychkova
- Tom (presenter) - merit. art. Russian Vitaliy Sinitsky
- Laura - Victoria Kozlova
- Jim O'Connor - Alexey Maisky
- Glass Menagerie ( 2013 ) - Theater of Nations
- Marina Neyolova - Amanda
- Evgeny Tkachuk - Tom
- Alla Yuganova - Laura
- Pavel Kuzmin - Jim O'Connor
“Glass Menagerie” (2015) - Dzerzhinsky Drama Theater
- Director - Maria Shimanskaya
- Julia Ilyina - Amanda
- Denis Martynov - Tom
- Ekaterina Balunina - Laura
- Vyacheslav Reshchikov - Jim O'Connor
Glass Menagerie - Michurinsky Drama Theater
- Tatyana Rogacheva - Amanda
- Sergey Kholkin - Tom
- Evgenia Voronova - Laura
- Eldar Kasumov - Jim O'Connor
Links
- The Glass Menagerie on lib.ru
- Tennessee Williams at www.kinopoisk.ru
- About the work of Tennessee Williams
- The Glass Menagerie staged by the Vernadsky 13 Theater
- The Glass Menagerie staged by The Other Theater
- The Glass Menagerie staged by the Russian Academic Youth Theater
- http://www.mtfontanka.spb.ru/repertuar/tekushchij-repertuar/item/110-sinie-rozy