Glass Menagerie Theatre Tickets
Apollo Theatre Shaftsbury Avenue, London W1D 7EZ
Apollo Theatre Shaftsbury Avenue, London W1D 7EZ
Tom is both narrator and character in his own play. He takes us to an
alley in St. Louis in 1936, when he is in his twenties and living in a
crowded apartment with his mother, Amanda, and his sister, Laura. Tom
hates his warehouse job and takes refuge in poetry writing and constant
trips to the movies. Laura spends her days listening to records her
father left behind when he abandoned the family and caring for tiny
animal figurines made of glass. Amanda frets about her children's future
and, having failed in a bid to get Laura through business school,
enlists Tom's aid in finding her a suitable husband. Tom invites Jim
O'Connor, a boy he knows from the warehouse, home for dinner. By a
strange coincidence Jim turns out to be the one boy Laura had a secret
crush on at high school.
On the night of his visit Laura is panic-stricken at first, but Jim's
charm manages to calm her, and, left alone for a time, the two strike a
tender spark between them. However it's all too late; unbeknownst to
Tom, Jim is already engaged to someone else. Tom flees the apartment as
his father did years before. As narrator he begs Laura to release him
from the burden of guilt he's carried ever since. "Blow out your
candles, Laura... And so -- goodbye!"
| Venue: | Apollo Theatre ![]() |
| Address: | Shaftsbury Avenue, London W1D 7EZ |
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| Opened: | 31-Jan-2007 |
| Booking until: | 19-May-2007 |
| Performance Times: | Matinees: Wednesday at 3pm, Saturday at 4pm Evenings: Monday-Saturday 8pm |
| Running Time: | 2 hrs 20 mins |
| Age Warning: | Age Limit is 10 years plus |
| Casts: | Jessica Lange |
| Genre: | Play |
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