The Glass Menagerie is not Williams’s only play to receive a place of honor in the canon of American dramatic literature. Since its debut, the play has received two Broadway revivals, countless productions around the world, and multiple film, television, and radio adaptations. The play premiered in Chicago before transferring to Broadway in 1945, earning the New York Drama Critic’s Circle Award for Best American Play.
Williams cared for his sister his whole life, and when he died in 1983, designated that the majority of his estate support her ongoing need for care until her death in 1996. The character of Laura is based on Williams’s older sister, Rose (alluded to by Laura’s nickname, Blue Roses), who was subjected to a botched lobotomy that rendered her mentally disabled and left her institutionalized. The play is heavily influenced by Williams’s own life. Now recognized as one of the greatest American playwrights in history, The Glass Menagerie launched Williams’s career. Tennessee Williams, who wrote The Glass Menagerie in 1944, refers to the work as a “memory play” (750).
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