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The Rep Presents Tennessee Williams's Portrait of a Disintegrating Family

Tennessee Williams was virtually unknown when his play The Glass Menagerie premiered on Broadway in 1945. For all his inexperience, he wrote into the text vivid stage directions intended to make this memory play as vivid as possible. By Steve Walker

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Kansas City, MO – The Kansas City Repertory Theatre's production of the play takes Williams' suggestions to heart, but with the advances of technology that the playwright couldn't possibly have imagined.

The Glass Menagerie
Copaken Stage
Jan. 9-Feb. 8, 2009
Written by Tennessee Williams
Directed by David Cromer

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