About the Book: Glass Menagerie
`One of Tennessee Williams most popular plays in a special annotated edition for
school and college students. The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams first great
popular success and an autobiographical play about his mother and sister,
launched the brilliant and controversial career of this ground-breaking American
playwright. Set in St Louis during the depression era of the 1930s, it is the
poignant drama of a familys gradual disintegration, under pressure both from
outside and within. A frustrated mother persuades her rebellious son to provide
a gentleman caller for her shy, crippled daughter, but her romantic dreams are
shattered by the intervention of harsh reality.