![]() ![]() It's a tone that at times irritates and even enrages Tom (Tom Glynn-Carney) stuck in the daily grind of the warehouse. The character of Amanda has a performative sociability meant to jostle people into action, often with romantic stories of her youth spent among Southern gentility, where she would on occasions have numerous gentleman callers. ![]() Victor Alli as Jim is also engaging in his good-humoured sociability that occasionally slips into an insensitivity that he regrets.īut this fine section is hindered by the first half of the show in which choices of presentation are made that deaden the power of the script. Lizzie Annis is impressive as Laura Wingfield, giving the character a gentle, intelligent responsiveness. Yet, we also begin to feel that might be possible as we learn that they knew each other in school where Laura had a crush on Jim. She sees that as an opportunity for her painfully shy daughter Laura, who has walking difficulties, to perhaps find someone who might be a partner. The mother Amanda has arranged for her son Tom who works at a shoe warehouse to invite his workmate Jim home for a meal. You can see that, particularly in the second half of the production directed by Jeremy Herrin. The play has moments of humour, phrases that carry a lyrical power and a precarious sense of hope that things can be better. The Glass Menagerie gives us a family of believable distinct characters we care about, caught in a difficult fragile situation. ![]()
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