CAST:

Amanda Wingfield: (F presenting, 40+. faded Southern Belle) The mother whose husband deserted her years ago, leaving her with a son and daughter to raise. She lives partially in the world of her youth and her gentleman callers, in order to escape the brutalities of today's world. ("Today" meaning 1930's St. Louis) 

Tom Wingfield: (M presenting, 20's-30's)  Amanda's son, who is employed in a shoe warehouse in order to support the family. He is a poet by nature and feels that his environment is destroying his creative abilities. 

Laura Winfield: (F presenting, 20's) Amanda's daughter, who is slightly crippled. She has retreated from this world and lives in a world of old phonograph records and little glass animals. 

Jim O'Connor: (M presenting, 20's-30's)  The "gentleman caller" from the world of reality. He is the average ordinary young man who brings a touch of the common world into the Wingfield world of dreams. 

*** NOTE:  This play contains language that would be considered inappropriate today, but is a part of the vernacular of the time. We will present this play with the author's intended language intact. ​​​