Nancy Carroll announced in Arthur Miller’s BROKEN GLASS at Young Vic
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The Young Vic Theatre has announced that Olivier Award-winner Nancy Carroll (After the Dance, National Theatre), heralded as one of the best stage actresses of her generation, will join the cast of Arthur Miller’s Broken Glass in a thrilling new production from director Jordan Fein, playing at the venue from 21 February-18 April.
Set in Brooklyn in 1938 during the rise of fascism in Europe, Broken Glass is a passionate story about the consequences of disconnecting with the painful realities of our world.
Nancy Carroll will play Margaret Hyman, alongside the previously announced Pearl Chanda as Sylvia Gellburg, Juliet Cowan as Harriet, Tony Award nominee Eli Gelb as Phillip Gellburg, and Alex Waldmann as Dr. Harry Hyman, with final casting to be announced.
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.
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.
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 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.
