The Glass Menagerie

Many are familiar with the analeptic memory play The Glass Menagerie by critically-acclaimed playwright Tennessee Williams, and it was with a certain knowledgable anticipation that audience members took their seats to view the latest reproduction. Brought to the Nottingham Playhouse by Stephanie Sirr (Chief Executive) and Giles Croft (Artistic...

Any play that demands a Southern American accent from its actors is a play that evokes a certain sense of trepidation in its audience. If the accent isn’t right, very often it is impossible to focus on anything else. It was with this reservation in mind that I watched...