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Book SynopsisIt''s moral vision, as well as the Miller voice, which remains as strong and unrelenting as a prophet''s, that distinguish
Broken Glass. - The New York Times When Sylvia Gellburg, a young Jewish woman living in Brooklyn, becomes partially paralyzed from the waist down, her husband Phillip is shocked: what could've caused this sudden condition? The answer is
Kristallnacht, the horrific, anti-Semitic event occurring halfway around the world. As the Gellburgs reckon with this pogrom and with the breakdown of their own marriage, a terrifying thought emerges: will the Jewish people ever be able to avoid persecution?
Broken Glass is one of Miller's most moving and personal works, touching on themes of Jewish identity and anti-Semitism, winning him the Olivier Award for Best New Play in 1994.This Methuen Drama Student Edition is edited by Ambika Singh, and Nupur Tandon, with commentary and notes that explore the play''s production history (including excerpts from an
Trade ReviewPart psychological detective story and part political drama ... [
Broken Glass is] far and away the best of Miller's late plays ... [He] gives a riveting portrait of 1930s America in which antisemitism leads to a desperate desire for assimilation and in which consciousness of contemporary European horrors is regarded as debilitatingly eccentric. * Michael Billington, The Guardian *
Table of ContentsCHRONOLOGY COMMENTARY Historical, Social and Cultural Contexts Genre and Themes Play as Performance Production History Academic Debate Behind the Scenes Further Study
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