In this episode I am joined by Nancy Netherwood, and at intervals Pip Williams, to discuss the modern classic The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams.

The sort-of autobiographical memory play sees Tom recounting to the audience his life in a dingy St. Louis apartment with his aging mother and his anxiety-riddled sister. Tennessee Williams' first truly successful play, it catapulted him into fame and made him the household name he is today.

Next episode Nancy and Pip are back, with Pip in the driving seat, to discuss Punk Rock by Simon Stephens.

RECOMMENDED READING
- Piranha Heights by Philip Ridley
- A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
- Summer and Smoke by Tennessee Williams
- Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel
- Lady Bird (2017 film)
- You Were Cool by the Mountain Goats https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luflPzqfy3Q
- The plays of Annie Baker

BIBLIOGRAPHY
- 'The Glass Menagerie Revisited; Catastrophe Without Violence' by Roger B. Stein http://ayapasuprep.weebly.com/uploads/2/1/9/6/21967966/stein-theglassmenagerierevisited.pdf
- 'The Wingfield Way' from Illinois Valley Community College  http://www2.ivcc.edu/rambo/eng102_sample_research_paper.htm
- 'Irony and Distance in The Glass Menagerie' by Thomas L. King https://www.jstor.org/stable/3205871?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
- '"By Instinct": The Problem of Identity in The Glass Menagerie' by Robert L. McDonald https://www.jstor.org/stable/44377194?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
- 'The Glass Menagerie; Three Visions of Time' by Sam Bluefarb https://www.jstor.org/stable/372877?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
- 'Tennessee Williams: Dramatist of Frustration' by John Gassner https://www.jstor.org/stable/807030?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
- The Wikipedia Page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Glass_Menagerie