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This 28 page paper looks at the information needed to stage a production of Tennessee Williams autobiographical play the Glass Menagerie. The paper begins by examining the context of the play, including at the authors' life and the social context of the play. The play itself is considered and then aspects such as staging, sets and props are all included in the paper. The bibliography cites 16 sources.
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28 pages (~225 words per page)
File: TS14_TEglassman.rtf
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Tennessee Williams play the Glass Menagerie, there is increased flexibility due to the more fluid nature of the pay,. And the focuses that represents a slice of life rather than
particular plots and events leading to a neat consultation. The understanding needs to start with background information to play the play in its context, this looks at the author
and the style and genre used as well as the historical context of the play, where it was set and the background that would have impacted on the characters as
well as the way that the scenes would have been made up so that real life was represented. Once this has been considered we need to look at the
flavour of the play and how it may be staged, looking at issues such as scene/set design, and the artefacts that may be used to give the play the
taste that the original author intended as well as making it relevant for todays audiences. The first aspect we will look at is the author, then we will look
at the setting for the play, considering the social, political and economic times in which the play is asset so that when we look at the content of the play
and how it may be staged we have a better idea of how to interpret the work. It is after looking at the play itself that set design and props
can be considered. 2. The Author The perspective of the author gives a great insight to the meaning of the play. Each author will usually leave a piece of
himself in each work, at the very least his own background will impact on the perspectives and values used when writing it, either as a framework or a guide, or
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