In these conversations, playwright and Woordfees director, Saartjie Botha, and other experts talk to theatre makers responsible for some of the most exciting productions at this year’s festival.
With The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams ushered in a series of legendary female characters – impressive dreamers fighting for survival. The play is also a shrewd self-portrait of the young Tennessee: outsider, poet, liar, source of truth. Nico Scheepers and the company talk to Saartjie Botha.