| Broken Glass: Revised Revised Edition Contributor(s): Miller, Arthur (Author) |
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ISBN: 0140249389 ISBN-13: 9780140249385 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $12.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1995 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry - Drama | American - General |
| Dewey: 812.52 |
| Series: Plays, Penguin |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 5.12" W x 7.72" (0.26 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |