Broken glass
Subtitle: a play
By: Arthur Miller.
Series: Penguin plays
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 161
Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Drama; Jewish men -- Drama; Marriage -- Drama; Bankers -- Drama; New York (N.Y.) -- Drama
Description: It's the late 1930s in New York. Phillip Gellburg is an executive and the only Jew among the WASPs at a very Establishment Wall Street bank. His wife, Sylvia, is obsessed with news of Nazi Germany. After seeing a photo of old Jewish men forced to scrub the sidewalk with toothbrushes, she becomes mysteriously paralyzed in the legs. The only one who perceives Sylvia's fears and longings is Dr. Hyman - a man as passionate and empathetic as Phillip is repressed.

Miller's resonant and intriguing new play is about sexual awakening, the consequences of denial, and the toll that social injustice takes on an individual. This is an extraordinarily powerful drama from America's foremost playwright.
Notes: "A Penguin original."