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com/london-theatre/plays/the- glass-menagerie ‘The Glass Menagerie’ is at the Duke of York’s Theatre. But come over here and maybe we’ll give you an Olivier, Amy. If anything she’s probably under-nominated – where’s her nod for the sublime ‘Arrival’? – and famously she hasn’t actually won one. The role of Laura will go to newcomer Lizzie Annis, who has cerebral palsy.Īdams, of course, needs no introduction: she’s starred in numerous films, many wildly acclaimed, with Academy Award nods for ‘Junebug’, ‘Doubt’, ‘The Fighter’, ‘The Master’, ‘American Hustle’ and ‘Vice’. Normally a single actor plays the role, but here it’s split, with heavyweight Brit actor Paul Hilton taking on the role of an older Tom, looking back at these events, while Tom Glynn-Carney will play a younger version of him. The semi-autobiographical 1944 drama was Williams’s first hit, and is famous as a ‘memory play’ – that is to say, much of the action exists in the memory of Tom. Photo by Second Half Productions The Glass Menagerie, Amy Adams, 2022 Lured over to our shores by top Brit director Jeremy Herrin and his new company Second Half Productions, she’ll be starring for 14 weeks only as Amanda Wingfield, a faded Southern matriarch whose suffocating love for her children Tom and Laura has a deep and damaging impact on their lives. Performances are scheduled to run through August 27 at the Duke of York's Theatre.Six-times Oscar nominee Amy Adams finally pulls her finger out (just joking, Amy, you have a formidable work ethic) as she makes her West End debut next spring in a new revival of Tennessee Williams’s peerless early masterpiece ‘The Glass Menagerie’. (© Johan Persson) Victor Alli (Gentleman Caller), Amy Adams (Amanda), and Tom Glynn-Carney (Tom) in a scene from The Glass Menagerie. Playing at the Duke of York’s Theatre from 27 August 2022, The Glass Menagerie is one of Tennessee Williams’ most celebrated plays.

Lizzie Annis and Victor Alli share a scene as Laura and the Gentleman Caller. Hollywood actress Amy Adams is set to make her West End debut next year in a new production of The Glass Menagerie and we’re counting down the days. The creative team includes costume designer Edward K Gibbon, composer and sound designer Nick Powell, set designer Vicki Mortimer, design associate Choy-Ping Clarke-Ng, lighting designer Paule Constable, and video designer Ash J Woodward. Lizzie Annis and Amy Adams as Laura and Amanda Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie.

Amy Adams as Amanda Wingfield in Jeremy Herrin's West End revival of The Glass Menagerie.ĭirected by Jeremy Herrin, the production also stars Lizzie Annis as Laura, Victor Alli as the Gentleman Caller, and Paul Hilton and Tom Glynn-Carney as Tom at different stages of the character's life. Take a look below at images from the revival across the pond. The Glass Menagerie, starring Amy Adams as Tennessee Williams's iconic matriarch Amanda Wingfield, is now onstage in London's West End.

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