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Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have...

Tom Wingfield

The Glass Menagerie

Tennessee Williams

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Gender
Male
Playing Age
Young Adult, Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Act 1, Scene 1
Time & Place
St. Louis, Missouri, 1930s
Length
Long
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)

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Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion.
[...] The last we heard of him was a picture postcard from Mazatlan, on the Pacific coast of Mexico, containing a message of two words - 'Hello - Good-bye!' and no address. I think the rest of the play will explain itself ...

Tennessee Williams. The Glass Menagerie. Act 1, Scene 1.

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