Broken Glass (Penguin Plays)
Readers will be thrilled to learn that Miller is back after an absence of more than a decade. Broken Glass marks his return to Broadway, projected for this fall? The play is a little bit about being Jewish and a lot about sexual repression and sexual reawakening. Freud would certainly applaud it since it vindicates his theory that so many illnesses start in the bedroom. Broken Glass is a deceptively simple play with a cast of only six characters. However, the characters are fascinating and passionate, and the drama unfolds like a good novel. Librarians should buy this script not simply because the playwright is a legend or because it is likely to become a classic but because it is a sensitive and penetrating look at human frailties. It should be a part of every dramatic literature or theater collection.- Jon P. Cobes, Central Wyoming Coll., RivertonCopyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.