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The Glass Menagerie | Theatre Memphis

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Kacky Walton has a conversation with Meghan L. Lewis, who is directing Tennessee Williams' break-out play "The Glass Menagerie" at Theatre Memphis. This Southern classic favorite, filled with drama and symbolism, finds the protagonist and narrator, Tom, recalling the family dynamic of a histrionic mother and a disturbingly shy sister who only wishes for a "gentleman caller."

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