The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams is about a family of 3 who live in an apartment in St.Louis in 1937. With the story being set in only one location, the set was the living room, dining area, and a fire escape as the apartment faces an alley. The set only changes slightly in the second act as a gentleman caller arrives for dinner.
There are only 4 characters in the entire play, the mother Amanda Wingfield has kind of a charismatic character to her. She can be likeable at times and be funny, but because she holds on to her old memories she can be cruel to her children Tom and Laura when it comes to the what she expects from them. Laura Wingfield is crippled due to a illness as a child leaving her left leg shorter than her right. She is a shy girl who doesn’t really live in reality. Tom is also the narrator while being a bad son and turns out to be an untrusting brother.
Overall, the play has interesting characters that you could either feel bad for, or just come to not like. There isn’t really much to the story, I think it’s more about how you feel about the characters especially at the end. It’s worth a see or now a read.