The Glass Menagerie (1973) on Netflix
Amanda Wingfield, an ex-Southern belle abandoned by her husband, dominates her children with faded gentility. Her son Tom works in a warehouse and hopes to write; her daughter Laura is shy.
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Plot summary
Amanda Wingfield was once a Southern belle, and her husband abandoned the family. She longs for the gentility and comforts of her youth for her children. Her son Tom works in a warehouse but hopes to become a writer. He feels obligated toward his mother and sister and burdened by them. Laura, her daughter, is shy and extra-sensitive. Amanda dominates her children with faded gentility and tells exaggerated tales of her Southern belle past. Tom plans to escape, while Laura withdraws into a dream world. Amanda's views of what life should be complicate her children's lives.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Glass Menagerie (1973)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The Glass Menagerie was Katharine Hepburn's first appearance on television. She had been wary of the medium until the chance to work again with Anthony Harvey, her director on The Lion in Winter, convinced her.
- Katharine Hepburn was drawn to the project when she was told her niece Katharine Houghton could co-star as Laura, but Houghton eventually turned the role down.
