As it turned out Theatre Clwyd's Production of THE GLASS MENAGERIE was one of the best things I have seen on stage for a long time. As I recall from sixth form studies Tennessee Williams' character Amanda Wingfield was the mother from Hell who totally dominated her crippled daughter, Laura...but in this Kate Wasserberg production the lonely unfulfilled and tragically rejected characters of Mother and daughter aren't monsters and victim but are portrayed as sadly self centred and fragile people trapped in rather sad lonely lives,Teresa Banham brings life to the role of Amanda and reins in her precise performance to make it feel totally real and surprisingly sympathetic and the elfin looking Lisa Diveney shows Laura to be crippled not just by physical disability but more by a debilitating shyness that is quite painful to watch.
It was a small but wonderfully moving production.
(pic Hywel John as Tom and Teresa Banham as Laura)
Love getting to the theatre to see a live performance, in fact my husband was once a member of an amateur dramatics group and performed on stage but lately he has been too busy to take part.
ReplyDeleteThe turkeys sound v. time consuming and I'm looking forward to seeing the guinea fowl. I'd love guinea fowl myself someday as we rather like the eggs and they aren't exactly readily available round here. But for now chickens and quail will have to do.