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Williams' 'Glass Menagerie'
At Lane Tomorrow Night
Thursday, April 22nd will see
the presentation of the Tennessee
William's "The Glass Menagerie,"
the third and final production of
the Charlottesville Chapter of the
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
Curtain time for this Virginia
Museum Theatre Arts System play
is 8:15 p.m. The Theatre Arts
System was founded in 1966 and in
the past it has staged drama
presentations of "The Subject Was
Roses" and "The School for Wives."
The first two shows of this season
were "The Arthur Hall
Afro-American Dance Ensemble"
and "Tony Montenaro, Mime
Artist." Both of these were
presented in November.
Generally accepted as an
autobiographical work, "The Glass
Menagerie" is considered by many
to be the most sensitive and
delicate of the plays by a man who
has been referred to as the greatest
American playwright since Eugene
O'Neill.
It is the story of Laura, a shy
handicapped girl who has
withdrawn from the world because
of her disability. It is a drama, free
of the violence and eroticism that
has marked some of William's other
plays.
The play features a cast of four
Actor's Equity artists. The role of
Amanda, mother of the Southern
family fallen on hard times, will be
played by Hope Cameron, a New
York actress who once attended
school in Charlottesville.
Her son, Tom, whose
responsibility it is to support the
family, has been given to Michael
Holmes, also from New York. The
role of Laura will be acted by Janet
Bell, a company member of the
Museum Theatre and the
Gentleman Caller will be played by
Cullen Johnson, also a VMT
company member.
Tickets for the performance are
adults $3.00, students $1.50 and
are on sale at Mincers, Leggetts
Barracks Road, and Miller and
Rhoads, downtown. For further
ticket information, call Mrs.
Edward Lane at 973-7640.
| The Cavalier daily Wednesday, April 21, 1971 | |