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The Glass Menagerie
Character List
Amanda Wingfield -
Laura and Tom’s mother. A proud, vivacious woman,
Amanda clings fervently to memories of a vanished, genteel past.
She is simultaneously admirable, charming, pitiable, and laughable.
Laura Wingfield -
Amanda’s daughter and Tom’s older sister. Laura
has a bad leg, on which she has to wear a brace, and walks with
a limp. Twenty-three years old and painfully shy, she has largely
withdrawn from the outside world and devotes herself to old records
and her collection of glass figurines.
Tom Wingfield -
Amanda’s
son and Laura’s younger brother. An aspiring poet, Tom works at a
shoe warehouse to support the family. He is frustrated by the numbing routine
of his job and escapes from it through movies, literature, and alcohol.




