Casting announced for Arthur Miller’s BROKEN GLASS at Young Vic
The Young Vic Theatre has announced casting for Arthur Miller’s Olivier Award-winning Broken Glass, a thrilling psychological drama exploring marriage, passion, and female defiance, which plays in the Main House from 21 February-18 April.
Directed by Olivier Award nominee Jordan Fein, the production stars Eli Gelb as Phillip Gellburg following his Tony Award-nominated and Drama Desk Award winning performance as Grover in Stereophonic (Broadway and West End), Pearl Chanda (Hedda, Orange Tree Theatre) as Sylvia Gellburg, Juliet Cowan (Am I Being Unreasonable?) as Harriet, and Alex Waldmann (Intimate Apparel, Donmar Warehouse) as Dr. Harry Hyman, with further casting to be announced.
Director Jordan Fein said: "I'm thrilled to be returning to the Young Vic with this extraordinary company and creative team. In Broken Glass, Miller exposes the harrowing consequences of ignoring the world around you and manages to create a play that echoes through the decades."
Broken Glass premiered in 1994 and went on to receive the Olivier Award for Play of the Year and a Tony Award nomination for Best Play. This marks the first major London production in 15 years and is staged at the Young Vic as part of Nadia Fall’s inaugural season as Artistic Director.
Nadia Fall said: “Arthur Miller’s Broken Glass feels achingly prescient. Miller examines how world events, with the rise of hate and fascism, can infiltrate and impact our psyche, our relationships and our bodies. It’s a beautiful study of marriage and intimacy, of connection and the fractures between couples over time. Director Jordan Fein is an exciting talent and I can’t wait to see his modern take on this powerful play.”
It's like she’s connected to some... truth that other people are blind to.
Brooklyn, New York, 1938. Sylvia Gellburg reads about the violent attacks against Jewish communities carried out an ocean away in Germany. Most people look away, believing it will pass. Not Sylvia. Her obsession grows and soon she loses her ability to walk — a paralysis her husband, Phillip, believes is all in her head. Sylvia forms an undeniable bond with Dr Hyman and soon the cracks in her marriage become impossible to ignore. In the face of silence, Sylvia rises in defiance.
Broken Glass has set design by Rosanna Vize, costumes by Sussie Juhlin-Wallén, lighting by Adam Silverman, sound by Tom Gibbons, movement direction by Kayla Lomas-Kirton, casting by Julia Horan CDG, and voice and dialect coaching by Caitlin Stegemoller.
