THE IRRELEVANT MASTERPIECE

“The gap in quality between The Glass Menagerie and such later Tennessee Williams plays as Suddenly Last Summer and The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore is so wide that it is tempting to suppose in retrospect that his first success might have been overrated as well. But to see a revival of The Glass Menagerie is to be reminded anew that it is, indeed, as good as its reputation, one of a handful of American plays that can stand up to direct comparison with the permanent masterpieces of European theater…”