The Glass Menagerie is a play by Tennessee Williams. The play is set in the Wingfield family’s St. Louis apartment in the 1930s. The play centers on Amanda Wingfield, a former Southern belle who is trying to raise her two children, Laura and Tom, on her own. Amanda is overbearing and often critical of her children, but she loves them deeply. Laura is a shy, introverted girl who is crippled by a hip injury. Tom is an aspiring writer who is frustrated by his job in a shoe factory. The play focuses on the family’s struggle to make ends meet and their relationships with each other.