Broken Glass
by Arthur Miller

Name: Broken Glass
Brand: Arthur Miller
SKU: 9780413681904
Rating: 3.47 (808 reviews)

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Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

American

What readers are saying

Readers appreciate the depth and engagement of the play, highlighting its exploration of political responsibility and anti-Semitism. Many feel it reflects Arthur Miller's talent, even if it isn't his best work compared to earlier plays. Overall, the play is seen as a fine example of late Miller drama with relevant social commentary.

Engaging and thought-provoking Strong social commentary Tense atmosphere throughout Not his greatest work

Synopsis

'Broken Glass is a brave, bighearted attempt by one of the pathfinders of postwar drama to look at the tangle of evasions and hostilities by which the soul contrives to hide its emptiness from itself.' John Lahr (The New Yorker) Brooklyn, 1938: Sylvia Gellburg is stricken by a mysterious paralysis in her legs for which the doctor can find no cause.

He soon realizes that she is obsessed by the devastating news from Germany, where government thugs have begun smashing Jewish stores.

But this experience is intermeshed with what he learns is her strange relationship with her husband Philip.

When the two seemingly unrelated situations concatenate, a tragic flare of light opens on the age.

'His strongest play for many years, a gripping and at times powerfully affecting drama.

As almost always in his work, it balances private lives with public morality...It is also an amazingly full-blooded piece, bursting with pain and passion.' (Charles Spencer Daily Telegraph)