Aw, Shucks! Broken Glass finished at Vaudeville Theatre on December 10, 2011

Broken Glass is now showing at Young Vic

21 Feb 2026 - 18 Apr 2026
More info

Broken Glass

Broken Glass at Vaudeville Theatre

Aw, Shucks! Broken Glass finished at Vaudeville Theatre on December 10, 2011

Broken Glass is now showing at Young Vic

21 Feb 2026 - 18 Apr 2026
More info

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

Creative

Author - Arthur Miller
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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