The Glass Menagerie
Duncan C Weldon and Theatre Royal Bath Productions present the Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre production
By Tennessee Williams
Directed by Braham Murray
Designed by Simon Higlettt
Lighting designed by Johanna Town
Tuesday 2nd September – Saturday 6th September
Starring Brenda Blethyn
“Too good to miss” - Daily Telegraph
Twice Oscar-nominated actress Brenda Blethyn visits Bath in this new production of Tennessee Williams’s autobiographical first play which the critics praised for both its high comedy and superb ensemble acting when it opened at Manchester’s legendary Royal Exchange Theatre earlier this year..
Brenda Blethyn reprises her role as Amanda Wingfield, the matriarch of an endearingly eccentric family. This faded Southern belle, who long ago lost both her fortune and her husband, clings to the memories of a genteel past when she once entertained seventeen gentlemen callers in a single afternoon. It becomes her ambition in life to see wallflower daughter, Laura, receive a suitor and she and son, Tom, a would-be writer, arrange a visit. But when the reluctant beau arrives, their lives are changed forever.
Tennessee Williams’s lyrical masterpiece is widely regarded as one of the landmark plays in American drama.
Brenda Blethyn has been nominated for Oscars for both Little Voice and Secrets & Lies and her numerous other award-winning films include Pride and Prejudice, Atonement and Saving Grace. On television her many credits include Belonging, Outside Edge and Chance in a Million. She is joined in The Glass Menagerie by the original cast of Emma Hamilton, Mark Arends and Andrew Langtree.
“An impeccable production…bitterly funny” – **** Sunday Times
“An energetic and laugh-aloud-funny production…a real tour de force” – Observer
“Richly comic…a fine cast led by Brenda Blethyn…a sparkling multifaceted performance” – ****Times
| Tue–Fri Evenings & Sat Matinee | £15.50 | £21.00 | £23.00 | £26.00 | £28.00 |
| Saturday Evening | £18.00 | £22.00 | £24.00 | £27.00 | £30.00 |
| Wednesday Matinee | £14.00 | £19.50 | £21.00 | £25.50 | £26.50 |
Performance Times
Tuesday – Wednesday: 7.30pm
Thursday – Saturday: 8.00pm
Matinees Wednesday and Saturday: 2.30pm
