THE GLASS MENAGERIE

Written by TENNESSEE WILLIAMS

Directed by Clinton Nitschke

The University of Adelaide Theatre Guild Student Society

Featuring interviews with CAST MEMBERS, Jessica Merrick (Amanda Wingfield), Connor Duncan (Tom Wingfield), Mia Livingston-Pearce (Laura Wingfield), Liam Warmeant (Jim O’Connor) and DIRECTOR, Clinton Nitschke, with SPECIAL GUEST HOST Laura McLeod (Stage Manager).

'So what are we going to do now, honey, the rest of our lives? Just sit down in this house and watch the parades go by? Amuse ourselves with the glass menagerie, darling? Eternally play those worn-out records your father left us as a painful reminder of him?'

A drama of great tenderness, charm and beauty, The Glass Menagerie is one of the most famous plays of the modern theatre.

Amanda Wingfield is a faded, tragic remnant of Southern gentility who lives in poverty in a dingy St. Louis apartment with her son, Tom, and her daughter, Laura. Amanda strives to give meaning and direction to her life and the lives of her children, though her methods are ineffective and irritating. Tom is driven nearly to distraction by his mother's nagging and seeks escape in alcohol and the world of the movies. Laura also lives in her illusions. She is crippled, and this defect, intensified by her mother's anxiety to see her married, has driven her more and more into herself.

When a gentleman caller arrives for dinner, the Wingfield family is flooded with hope. However, it is uncertain if this visitor will change things for the better.

CAST

Jessica Merrick

Connor Duncan,

Mia Livingston-Pearce

Liam Warmeant.

SEASON

Wednesday 4 December, 7:30pm

Thursday 5 December, 7:30pm

Friday 6 December, 7:30pm

Saturday 7 December, 7:30pm

LOCATION

Little Theatre, University of Adelaide

The Cloisters, Gate 10, Victoria Drive, Adelaide

Kaurna Country

Train, tram and bus services are available nearby. Please allow extra time for parking, especially when there is an event on at Adelaide Oval or Botanic Park.

BOOKINGS

Tickets at trybooking.com/CPVKJ

MUSIC BY

Transitional Theme Written & Composed by Clinton Nitschke

Music by Josef Surikov from Pixabay

Title Track For the Love of Theatre Podcast,

Written & Performed by Ben Waller.

TGSS

'Experimental and progressive student theatre at the University of Adelaide.'

TGSS acknowledges the traditional custodians of this land, the Kaurna people, and pay respect to elders past, present, and emerging.

https://www.adelaide.edu.au/theatreguild/

Photo by Anderson Santos:

https://www.pexels.com/photo/tender-girl-with-delicate-bouquet-of-blue-flowers-3680438/