The glass menagerie film john malkovich biography

1944 play by Tennessee Williams

For the film adaptations, see The Glass Menagerie (film).

The Glass Menagerie^[2] is a memory play by Tennessee Williams that premiered in 1944 and catapulted Williams from obscurity to fame. The play has strong autobiographical elements, featuring characters based on its author, his histrionic mother, and his mentally fragile sister. In writing the play, Williams drew on an earlier short story, as well as a screenplay he had written under the title of The Gentleman Caller.

The play premiered in Chicago on 26 December 1944. After a shaky start, it was championed by Chicago critics Ashton Stevens and Claudia Cassidy, whose enthusiasm helped build audiences so the producers could move the play to Broadway where it won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award in 1945. The Glass Menagerie was Williams' first successful play; he went on to become one of America's most highly regarded playwrights.

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John Malkovich
Malkovich in 2009.
Born	John Gavin Malkovich December 9, 1953 (age 58) Christopher, Illinois, Valuable
Occupation	Actor, maker, fashion architect
Years active	1984–present
Worked in	Being John Malkovich Adaptation. (as himself)
Characters portrayed	John Horatio Malkovich
Other works	Dangerous Liaisons Burn Name Reading In description Line pointer Fire Places management the Heart

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John Malkovich

John Malkovich is one of the most important actors in today’s cinema.

In 1976 he became a founding member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago. He made his Broadway debut in 1984 as Biff in Death of a Salesman, alongside Dustin Hoffman as Willy. Malkovich won an Emmy Award for this role when the play was adapted for television in 1985.

Malkovich made his feature film debut in 1984 as the blind lodger in Places in the Heart; his portrayal received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He also appeared in films such as The Killing Fields, Empire of the Sun and The Glass Menagerie. He shot to fame when he portrayed the sinister Vicomte de Valmont in the 1988 film Dangerous Liaisons.

He starred in the 1992 film adaptation of Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men as Lennie alongside Gary Sinise as George. In 1994 he was nominated for another Oscar for In the Line of Fire. He also played the title role in Charlie Kaufman’s Being John Malkovich. The Dancer Upstairs, Malkovich’s directorial film debut, was released in 2002. Recent films include The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Beowulf, Burn After Reading, Changeling, Red 1 & 2, Secretariat, Warm Bodies, Disgrace and The Giacomo Variations.

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