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The Glass Menagerie Program [1962], Gorham State Teachers College
The Glass Menagerie Program [1962], Gorham State Teachers College
Theatre Programs 1940-1969
Written by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Dr. Donald C. Spencer
From the program:
This play, Tennessee Williams' first commercial success, made its appearance in New York in 1945 with Laurette Taylor as Amanda, Julie Haydon as Laura, and producer Eddie Dowling as Tom. It was a notable success and won the Drama Critics Circle Award. Since then THE GLASS MENAGERIE has been a staple in the college and community theatre repertoire. In the catalogue of Williams' dramas this play stands as a refreshing and useful contrast with the more recent output which tends to capitalize on the often rather bizarre …