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Tennessee Williams's

The Glass Menagerie

The cover of the official

Italy Reads 2016 edition of

THE GLASS MENAGERIE

(ISBN: 978-0811214049)

The annual Teacher and Book Group Leader Training Workshop will be held on

Friday, 14 October 2016,

10:00am-4:30pm,

Aula Magna Regina (lunch will be offered on the Secchia Terrace)

John Cabot University

Via della Lungara 233

Table of Contents

Italy Reads 2016

Link to the presentation

General Resources

Wikipedia: Tennessee Williams
Wikipedia entry for Tennessee Williams, with biographical information and the list of his works.
Wikipedia: The Glass Menagerie
Wikipedia entry for The Glass Menagerie.
Featured Author: Tennessee Williams
News about Tennessee Williams, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Tennessee Williams (1911 - 1983)
Online resources about Tennessee Williams from the Online Literary Criticism Collection.

Interviews

Tennessee Williams, The Art of Theater No. 5
Interview by Dotson Rader for The Paris Review.
Tennessee Williams - Video Interview
Tennessee Williams Interview with Bill Boggs.
Tennessee Williams meets the San Francisco Press
Audio recording from the Pacifica Radio Archives.
Tennessee Williams
An interview by John Calendo.
An Interview With Tennessee Williams
By Robert Berkvist.

Study Guides

The following study guides include free resources about The Glass Menagerie, such as chapter summaries, character analysis, and critical essays.

Digital Materials

Tennessee Williams
An episode from the BBC radio program Desert Island Discs.
Tennessee Williams
An episode from the BBC radio series Great Lives.
Tennessee Williams on Youtube
Videos with Tennessee Williams from Youtube.
Watch The Glass Managerie Video
Selection of videos from OVGuide.
The Glass Menagerie Lecture
A video lecture by Kelly Switzer.
The Glass Menagerie: Review
A video review of the play by the author of the blog treepaperbook.

Italy Reads 2016: Video Production Workshop

Tennessee Williams's Biographies

Tennessee Williams Biography
Biographical information about Tennessee Williams.
Tennessee Williams Biography
Biography from the Encyclopedia of World Biography.
Tennessee Williams
Williams's biography from PBS website.
Tennessee Williams
Series of biographical pages from different online encyclopedias.
Tennessee Williams - 1911–1983
Biography from the The Poetry Foundation website.
Tennesee Williams and the out-crying heart
Biographical information from the archive of the Royal Society of Literature.
Tennesee Williams
Biographical page from Moonstruck Drama Bookstore website.

Articles and Reviews

A 'Glass' Half Full
Article by Ada Calhoun from the New York Magazine.
'Glass Menagerie' Is Best Play of Year, Drama Critics Decide
Article by The New York Times, published on April 11, 1945.
In the News: Tennessee Williams
Selection of articles from The Baltimore Sun.
In the News: Tennessee Williams
Selection of articles from the Los Angeles Times.
John Lahr on his dazzling biography of Tennessee Williams
Book review of a recent biography of Tennessee Williams by Nicholas de Jongh published on The Independent.
Marlon Brando Opens Up to Tennessee Williams
Blog post by Wes Alwan on Open Culture.
New plays celebrate Tennessee Williams centenary
BBC News article by Tim Masters.
Put away the pills and listen to Tennessee Williams
From The Telegraph by Theodore Dalrymple.
Tennessee Williams
The Guardian articles about Tennessee Williams.
Tennessee Williams
Atlantic articles about Tennessee Williams.
Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh by John Lahr, book review
Book review of a recent biography of Tennessee Williams by Paul Taylor published on The Independent.
Tennessee Williams unseen short story published
BBC News article published on March 25, 2014.
‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ Review: Tennessee Williams, by the Book
A review by Terry Teachout published in The Wall Street Journal.

Lesson Plans and Activities

Tennessee Williams Lesson plans and Teaching ideas
Teaching resources for The Glass Menagerie.
Sample Activity Pack
Sample activities for analyzing The Glass Menagerie.
Sample Multiple Critical Perspectives
Sample critical analyses of The Glass Menagerie.
Sample Teaching Unit
Sample activities for teaching The Glass Menagerie.
The Glass Menagerie
Activities and commentary at SwissEduc English.

Additional Resources

Becoming Tennessee Williams
Page about the exhibition organized by The Harry Ransom Center to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the playwright's birth (February 1, 2011 - July 31, 2011).
William S. Burroughs and Tennessee Williams Talk Writing, Drugs, and Death in 1977
Article by Maria Popova.
Tennessee Williams Reads Two Stirring Poems by Hart Crane
Another article by Maria Popova.
Bringing Life to Characters in Tennessee Williams' Plays
A Student Success Story from Harvard Extension School.
The Tennessee Williams Annual Review
Online journal with archive of past issues and conference proceedings.

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