美国剧作家、小说家、诗人威廉斯的 成名剧作. 完成于1944年.威廉斯原名托马斯. 拉尼尔.威廉斯.父亲是推销员.威廉斯16岁时发表了第一篇短篇小说.1944年 《玻璃动物园》在芝加哥演出后,他成为专业作家.作品在很大程度上取材于威廉斯的亲身经历. 剧中人 劳拉和T. 温菲尔德的母亲阿曼达的原型正是作者的姐姐和母亲.阿曼达是个被丈夫遗弃的南方妇女,她善良、勇敢,有一股韧劲.瘸腿女儿劳拉是她的心病,她执意要求汤姆给姐姐物色婚姻对象.汤姆带同事 吉姆回家吃饭.吉姆唤醒了劳拉压抑在自卑情绪下的热情,但他早已有了未婚妻.劳拉在绝望中送给吉姆一只摔断了角的玻璃独角兽作为纪念品.作者是借玻璃动物来点明劳拉的脆弱易碎.威廉斯用家庭题材写出的这部悲剧,是通过日常的生活场面来严肃地揭示重大的 社会问题的.温菲尔德一家人的痛苦生活,是 美国大萧条时期下层 中产阶级的生活缩影.此外,威廉斯在照明和音乐方面都有独特的设想,还设计了屏幕来加强演出的效果,全剧的台词经过精心推敲,洋溢着浓郁的诗意.威廉斯是继 奥尼尔以后美国最重要的剧作家.他深受奥尼尔的影响,善于运用 表现主义创作手法.重要作品还有:《 欲望号街车》(1947)、 《热铁皮屋顶上的猫》(1954—195)等. U.S. playwright, novelist, poet Williams famous play. Was completed in 1944. Williams, formerly known as Thomas. Lanier. Williams. Father was a salesman. Williams, age 16 published his first short stories. 1944 "Glass Menagerie" in Chicago, after the performance, he became a professional writer. works in a large extent are based on the Williams's personal experience. dramatis personae, and T. Winfield Laura's mother, Amanda is the author of the prototype her sister and mother. Amanda is a Southern woman abandoned by her husband, her kindness, courage, there was a tenacity. lame daughter, Laura is her heart disease, and she asked Tom to his sister insisted on looking for marriage. Tom's home for dinner with a colleague Jim . Jim wake-up call Laura suppressed under the enthusiastic mood in the inferiority complex, but he already had his fiancee. Laura in despair gave Jim a broken glass unicorn of the corner as souvenirs. The writer is a point through the glass animals Minglao La's weak and fragile. Williams, written with the family theme of this tragedy, through scenes of everyday life to reveal a serious major social problem. winfield a person's pain of living is lower United States during the Great Depression a microcosm of middle-class life. In addition, Williams in the lighting and music has a unique vision, but also designed the screen to enhance the performance results, the play's lines have been carefully weighed, filled with a rich and poetic. Williams, following O'Neill After America's most important playwright. He felt the impact of O'Neill, good at using the expressionism of creative expression. important works are: "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1947), " Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1954-195) and so on.