BOLTON Little Theatre gets transformed into the American Deep South when members take to the stage in a Tennessee Williams' classic play.
The Glass Menagerie was first performed in this country in 1948. It is a semi-autobiographical homage by Williams to his own family.
The story follows the fortune of the mother, Amanda Wingfield, born of wealthy southern stock. She falls in love with the telephone engineer -- who in turn falls in love with "long distance" and abandons her.
She is left to bring up their children on her own. Her poet son, Tom has a dead-end job in a warehouse providing the financial support for the family. But he longs to emulate his father and escape his mother's suffocating devotion. Then there is her daughter Laura, who is crippled and painfully shy, Laura has never received a single gentleman caller -- until Tom brings Jim home from the warehouse.
John Cunningham directs the poignant drama, which features actors Audrey Lias, Caroline Weekes, Stuart Shaw and Adam Berlyne.
The play runs at the Forge Theatre from April 6 to 13, 7.30pm.
Tickets are from the Albert Halls on 334400, or the Little Theatre box office on 524469, or from the Hanover Street theatre, 6pm to 8pm.
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