And how about Amanda herself? She was described by Tennessee Williams as a woman of “great but confused vitality clinging frantically to another time and place”.

He’s also a massive fan of Amy Adams, calling her “a class act”, a versatile performer with the nuanced approach needed to reveal the interior life of Amanda. Jeremy Herrin has called Williams’ 1944 drama “one of the best plays ever written – and probably one of the hardest plays to do because it is so fragile and poetic”. She is living precariously with her children, Tom and Laura, trapped in the gap between the past and the present. What's the plot of The Glass Menagerie?Īmanda Wingfield is a former Southern Belle. The talented Tony award-nominee Paul Hilton and Tom Glynn-Carney both play the character of Tom, each at a different stage in his life, and they’re joined by Lizzie Annis as Laura, and Victor Alli as The Gentleman Caller. This is Tennessee Williams’ hugely popular semi-autobiographical masterpiece, and the amazing six-time Academy Award nominated and two-time Golden Globe winning actress Amy Adams takes on the starring role. The award-winning director Jeremy Herrin has created bold new staging for this fabulous drama, which cleverly explores the fragility of memory. Paul Hilton, Tom Glynn-Carney, Lizzie Annis and Victor Alli will also star in the drama, a genuine Tennessee Williams’ classic of a memory play. Amy Adams makes her West End debut as Amanda Wingfield in a new production directed by Jeremy Herrin, who co-founded Second Half Productions along with Alan Stacey and Rob O’Rahilly.

The Glass Menagerie previews at the Duke of York’s Theatre from 23 rd May 2022 and is set to run for fourteen weeks. To get these ideas in your inbox every week, sign up for the Life in the 614 newsletter.Reservations +44 (0)20 7492 0813 Mon-Fri:8am-8pm, Sat-Sun:9am-7pm And as part of Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Columbus author Jyotsna Sreenivasan will appear at the Dublin library on May 11 for a discussion of her book, 'These Americans.'Įntertainment events abound over the next week and you can read about them below. Next week, family-oriented entertainment will include a production of 'Madagascar the Musical' at the Palace, and spring performances by youth dance group Momentum on May 10 and May 12 at the Riffe Center. In the world of classic folk-rock, Graham Nash, co-founder of the Hollies and Crosby, Still & Nash, will come to the Southern Theatre on Sunday to offer a retrosprective of his six-decade career. CATCO, Chamber Music Columbus and the Central Ohio Symphony will all present their finales this weekend. 'Tis the season to be … ending - at least for three local arts organizations preparing to wrap up their 2022-23 seasons. Incorrect information was provided for the original listing.) (Editor's note: The staged reading of 'Hope is a Bird' will not take place this weekend, but in September.

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