Octagon, BoltonDavid Thacker has unfinished business with The Glass Menagerie. In 1981, he was due to direct the play with the Hollywood star Gloria Grahame playing the role of Amanda Wingfield, the delusional southern belle based on Tennessee Williams's mother. After almost completing rehearsals, Grahame succumbed to cancer and the production was cancelled. Given that the original Amanda, Laurette Taylor, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:53PM on April 4, 2013