The Glass Menagerie Research Paper

On Saturday, March 19, 2016 at 7:30 pm, I attended the play called, The Glass Menagerie at the Le Petit Théâtre Du Vieux Carré in New Orleans. I was not really quite sure what all the performance would entail since it is a memory play and I had never experienced such a performance before. I truly enjoyed The Glass Menagerie due to the wonderful acting that was displayed, the great use of lighting to help establish the idea of the memory play, and relatable genre of the play, and the characters.

First, the actors were very believable; I truly felt that I was right there watching different relationships come to life and experience a true family dynamic right before my eyes, despite these performers not actually being related. In addition, I

For instance, even though Laura did not speak as often as the other characters, I believe that the subtleties of her body language and movement truly illustrated her terribly shy character. Another performer that really stood out to me was Annalee Jefferies who played the role of Amanda Wingfield because she truly embodied the mother figure to Tom and Laura and demonstrated how worrisome she truly was for the future of her children. Also, the cast did a wonderful job as working as an ensemble and forming what seemed to be a very real family. I did not find that any performer was ignoring any of the other performers and they seemed to listen and respond to one another in order to support the other performers roles. For instance, Jefferies and Faust, who play Amanda Wingfield and Laura

Also, the color of the lighting was very muted, yet intense just enough to keep the performers visible to the audience. The lighting was very appropriate for each scene. For instance, the light designer presented a muted cobalt blue color to represent when it was nighttime. In addition the lighting was very symbolic to this being a play with many flashbacks. The lighting seemed to come from an artificial source, which I believe emphasized that this is a memory play and the way that we remember things being is usually exaggerated from how things truly were; which made this appropriate for the production. Despite the dim lighting the faces of the actors could be properly viewed from the audience's position. Furthermore, the light changes for this theatre piece were made slowly, which made for an easy transition between scenes and did not really startle the audience or take away from the performance being from Tom's point of