Broken Glass
Anthony Sher & Tara Fitzgerald star in Arthur Miller's Olivier award-winning drama of Phillip and Sylvia Gellburg, a New York couple living in Brooklyn in 1938.
Why see Broken Glass?
Broken Glass, Miller’s Olivier award-winning drama, tells the story of Phillip and Sylvia Gellburg, a New York couple living in Brooklyn in 1938.
Phillip, obsessed with work and his own desire to assimilate, has little time for his wife, but when Sylvia suddenly becomes paralysed after reading newspaper reports of Kristallnacht in Germany, Dr. Harry Hyman is called in.
As he gets closer to the source of Sylvia’s affliction, a relationship develops that could have devastating consequences on the family, and themes of guilt, personal tragedy and love start to unfold.
Key Information
Audience
Broken Glass is suitable for audiences aged 12 and upwards.
Dates
Finished 10 Dec 2011
Cast
Anthony Sher as Phillip Gellburg
Tara Fitzgerald as Sylvia Gellburg
Stanley Townsend as Dr Harry Hayman
Caroline Loncq as Margaret Hyman
Brian Protheroe as Stanton Case
Suzan Sylvester as Harriet
Tara Fitzgerald as Sylvia Gellburg
Stanley Townsend as Dr Harry Hayman
Caroline Loncq as Margaret Hyman
Brian Protheroe as Stanton Case
Suzan Sylvester as Harriet
Creative
Author - Arthur Miller
Director - Iqbal Khan
Designer - Mike Britton
Lighting - Matt Eagland
Sound - Tom Lishmann
Original Music - Grant Olding
Director - Iqbal Khan
Designer - Mike Britton
Lighting - Matt Eagland
Sound - Tom Lishmann
Original Music - Grant Olding
Reviews
Customer reviews
1 reviews, average rating: (5.0 Stars)
sandie morris
a play with layers
A play with 'layers'. Themes to generate discussion; marital relationships in 1930s, psychosomatic ailments, how Jews see themseleves and other Jews, Hitler and the start of WW2......though provoking interspersed with light dialogue and some natural humour. ... Read more
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