Broken Glass
by Arthur Miller

Broadway West End Off-West End
Broken Glass Book Cover
Broken Glass Cover

Highlights

120 mins 1930s Unit Set/Multiple Settings Period Costumes American

Awards & Recognition

Olivier Award Tony Award

Winner! 1995 Olivier Award for Play of the Year Nominee: 1994 Tony Award for Best Play

Synopsis

Set in Brooklyn, this gripping mystery begins when attractive, level-headed Sylvia Gellburg suddenly loses her ability to walk.

The only clue to her mysterious ailment lies in her obsession with news accounts from Germany.

Press Reviews

"In a metier where people burn out fast, Arthur Miller is still remarkable for the acuity and scope of his moral vision. Miller’s voice, which remains as strong and unrelenting as a prophet’s, distinguishes Broken Glass and gives it a poignance so rare these days that it's almost new-fashioned.“ – The New York Times”Playwrights tend to burn out young, so the fact that Arthur Miller, seventy-eight, opened a new drama on Broadway fifty years after his debut, is noteworthy. Even better, the play is good – complex, mysterious, full of arresting incident, grippingly played."

— Time Magazine

Characters

Character
Sylvia Gellburg
Dr. Harry Hyman
Margaret Hyman
Harriet
Stanton Case
Phillip Gellburg

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Broken Glass – Watford Palace Theater Trailer

Publication

Year 1995
Binding Paperback
Edition New
Pages 91
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822214137
ISBN-10 082221413X
LCCN 95116737
LCC PS3525.I5156 B76 1994b
DCC 812/.52

Broken Glass is a American play written by Arthur Miller and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York (1995).

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Fee: Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

Restrictions: Major Markets Plus (US) / Standard Plus Add'l Postcodes (UK)

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