|aThe glass menagerie /|cTennessee Williams ; introduction by Robert Bray.
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|aNew York :|bNew Directions,|cc1999.
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|axxii, 105 p. ;|c21 cm
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|aOriginally published: [New York] : Random House, 1945.
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|aIntroduction / Robert Bray -- Cast Listing/Scene -- The Characters -- Production Notes -- The Glass Menagerie -- The Catastrophe of Success, an essay / Tennessee Williams.
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|aThe embattled Wingfield family: Amanda, a faded southern belle, abandoned wife, dominating mother, who hopes to match her daughter with an eligible "gentleman caller;" Laura, a lame and painfully shy, she evades her mother's schemes and reality by retreating to a world of make-believe; Tom's sole support of the family, he eventually leaves home to become a writer but is forever haunted by the memory of Laura.