Advertisements The Glass Menagerie is a memory play by American playwright Tennessee Williams, first performed in 1944. The play is set in St. Louis during the Great Depression and follows the story of the Wingfield family: Amanda, a faded Southern belle clinging to memories of her past; Tom, an aspiring…
Advertisements A Streetcar Named Desire is a Pulitzer Prize-winning play written by Tennessee Williams, first performed in 1947. The play takes place in the French Quarter of New Orleans and follows the story of Blanche DuBois, a fragile and troubled woman who moves in with her sister, Stella, and her…
“The Crucible” is a play written by Arthur Miller and first performed in 1953. It is set in Salem, Massachusetts, during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. The play is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the events that took place in the town, depicting the consequences of mass…
“Death of a Salesman” is a play written by American playwright Arthur Miller. It was first performed on Broadway in 1949 and is considered one of his most famous works. The play tells the story of Willy Loman, an aging salesman who is struggling to come to terms with his…
“A Doll’s House” is a three-act play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, first published in 1879. The play is a critique of the gender roles and expectations prevalent in society at the time and is considered a landmark work of feminist literature. The story follows Nora Helmer, a married…
“A Raisin in the Sun” is a play by Lorraine Hansberry that debuted on Broadway in 1959. The play tells the story of the Younger family, an African-American family living in a cramped apartment in Chicago in the 1950s. They receive a life insurance check for $10,000 after the death…
“A Streetcar Named Desire” is a play by Tennessee Williams that premiered on Broadway in 1947. The play tells the story of Blanche DuBois, a fading Southern belle who moves in with her sister and brother-in-law in New Orleans. Blanche’s fragile mental state clashes with her brother-in-law Stanley Kowalski’s brutish…
