'The thrill of shattered glass and the piercing pain of unfulfilled longing: this revival by Braham Murray resounds with the high-pitched sound of both'

The Times - Sam Marlowe

'Menagerie is a claustrophobic play about people struggling to get away from the harsh realities of their circumstances and live their dreams. It is as much about the post-Depression American Dream as it is about personal aspiration.'

Guardian - Lyn Gardner

'If ever a play were informed by its author's biography, it is Tennessee William's memory play, a delicate, almost Chekhovian drama flecked with regret and guilt. Like the narrator, young Tom Wingfield, Williams undertook a Houdini-like disappearing trick to escape his family in St Louis and become a writer. Like Tom, he could never entirely blow the candle of memory out. It flickers and splutters through all his best work.'

Guardian - Lyn Gardner

'The play works its melancholy magic'

Guardian - Lyn Gardner

Williams's blunt reminder about the fragility of hope

Evening Standard - Fiona Mountford, 18.11.10

[Williams's] forte was poignant psychological detail seen through a prism of laughter

Guardian - Michael Billington, 18.11.10