{"id":2758,"date":"2026-05-26T09:09:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T07:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theatredecarouge.ch\/spectacle\/la-menagerie-de-verre\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T11:26:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T09:26:03","slug":"la-menagerie-de-verre","status":"publish","type":"spectacle","link":"https:\/\/theatredecarouge.ch\/en\/show\/la-menagerie-de-verre\/","title":{"rendered":"The Glass Menagerie"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Glass Menagerie<\/h1>\n \n
By Tennessee Williams
Directed by Jean Liermier<\/div>\n \n \n
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FROM 25 SEPTEMBER
TO 18 OCTOBER 2026<\/div>\n
2h (en cr\u00e9ation)<\/div>\n
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    \n A family trio wounded by life, pursuing a dream of happiness as fragile as crystal figurines\u2026 A liberating work that defies gravity.

    For his final production as director of the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de Carouge, Jean Liermier has chosen a play of memory, remembrance and family.

    First published in 1944 and largely autobiographical, The Glass Menagerie<\/em> brought Tennessee Williams immediate acclaim, placing him among the great playwrights of the twentieth century. Set in the American South during the 1930s, the play centres on Amanda, a mother abandoned by her husband; her son Tom, a poet who works in a shoe factory; and her daughter Laura, fragile, solitary and devoted to collecting tiny glass animals. A fourth character, Jim, invited for an evening visit, disrupts the family\u2019s routine.

    Summoned onto the stage by Tom\u2014who serves simultaneously as narrator and character\u2014the protagonists express, awkwardly and sometimes violently, the love they bear one another. Moving as though within a dream, they relive their final moments together before ultimately breaking bonds that have become too constricting.

    Jean Liermier builds the production around the young Laura, delicate and fragile as one of her glass figurines, portrayed by Aur\u00e9lia Thierr\u00e9e, a familiar presence on the stage of the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de Carouge, where she has appeared on several occasions. <\/div>\n