Broken Glass description
Broken Glass, Arthur 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.
Playing at Young Vic
Age restrictions
Ages 14+.
Important information
Contains themes of racism, antisemitism, references to Nazism, sexism, ablism, domestic violence/ abuse, sexual content (including descriptions of sexual assault) and mental health struggles.