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During the winter of 1944 – 45, his " memory play " The Glass Menagerie was successfully produced in Chicago garnering good reviews.

It moved to New York where it became an instant and enormous hit during its long Broadway run.

The play tells the story of a young man, Tom, his disabled sister, Laura, and their controlling mother Amanda, who tries to make a match between Laura and a gentleman caller.

Williams ' use of his own familial relationships as inspiration for the play is impossible to miss.

Elia Kazan ( who directed many of Williams ' greatest successes ) said of Williams: " Everything in his life is in his plays, and everything in his plays is in his life.

" The Glass Menagerie won the New York Drama Critics ' Circle Award for best play of the season.