The Glass Menagerie
A claustrophobic family drama centered on an overbearing mother's grip on her adult children, suffused with regret, thwarted ambition, and the weight of unfulfilled dreams.
An aging Southern Belle complicates life for her ambitious son and crippled daughter because of her own warped views of what life should be.
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