Broken Glass: Starring JoBeth Williams, David Dukes, Lawrence Pressman and Linda Purl

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. more

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From: Amazon
Posted: Jul-02-2007

It's a pityfest, really

I started looking at this a few years ago in a college class. I thought it was far-fetched and self absorbed then, and my recent viewing hasn't changed much. It is just not authentic or believable.

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Posted: Aug-13-2006

Global tragedies, local repercussion

Arthur Miller is a play writer who used to analyze big tragedies in its particular repercussion in the lives of his characters. In his work the historical factor is very important, but for how it transforms particular lives. In his last play "Broken Glass" this is not different. The main...

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Posted: Sep-26-2005

Broken

"Broken Glass" is a thriller set in 1938 that personifies the fear that Hitler caused Jews in America. While this plot seems compelling, the story falls a little flat it other areas. This is far from Miller's best work.When Sylvia suddenly looses the use of her legs, medical origins are...

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Posted: Jul-08-2004

Enjoyed the tape version of this book...

Arthur Miller's play, BROKEN GLASS is an interesting psychological mystery set in Brooklyn in 1938 . . . it is about a 45-year-old woman who suddenly loses her ability to walk . . . there is no medical reason why this is happening; the only clue lies in her growing obsession with news accounts...

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Posted: Feb-08-2003

Audio CD Version

I listened to an Audio CD version of the play and I regret to say that I found it unmoving. The Brooklyn accents of the characters seemed to fade in and out on occasion and they deep dark revelations about their personal lives seemed to be revealed without much emotion most of the time. I...

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Posted: Apr-14-2001

Broken Glass

I found Broken Glass interesting but disappointing. One expects the film to hold a much deeper secret and comes away from it thinking "This story has already been told." The three main actors, Margot Leicester, Mandy Patinkin and Henry Goodman, are all marvelous and far better than the script...

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Posted: Jan-12-2001

The Complaint Department

The dimensions of healing placed in contradistinction to the tyranny of complaint.

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Posted: Jun-26-2000

A compelling drama about fear

This Mobil Masterpiece Theater production of an adapatation of Arthur Miller's play is a gripping look at both the dilemma of being Jewish in pre-war America, as well as a fascinating look at how fear can, literally, cripple a life.The story revolves around a married Jewish couple, the...

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Posted: May-11-2000

A gripping & disturbing drama

I found this production of Arthur Miller's play gripping, intense and thought-provoking. It is about a Jewish Brooklyn couple coming to terms with their unhappy marriage after the woman mysteriously loses her ability to walk, possibly because she is so disturbed by the treatment of Jews in...

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Posted: Jan-20-1998

Miller fans will appreciate Broken Glass

Fans of Arthur Miller's *Death of a Salesman* and *The Crucible* will also appreciate *Broken Glass*. More understated than either *Salesman* or *The Crucible,* the pathos of *Broken Glass* lends itself to repressed tragedy. The title refers to the breaking of many fragile things - a marriage, an...

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