The Fugard Theatre and producer Eric Abraham welcomes Sir Antony Sher to the Fugard stage in March for Arthur Miller’s internationally acclaimed and hauntingly moving Broken Glass, directed by Janice Honeyman, from 22 March to 16 April.
A major, coordinated attack on Jews throughout Germany on the night of 9 November 1938, and into the next day, is recorded in the history books as Kristallnacht, or The Night of Broken Glass. Jewish homes, shops and villages throughout Germany and parts of Austria were ransacked, leaving the streets covered in pieces of smashed windows. It is regarded by many historians as one of the events that pre-empted the Holocaust.
Miller’s play (first published in 1994), explores themes of guilt, personal tragedy and love in the lives of a Jewish couple living in New York in 1938, deeply affected by the horrific anti-Semitic events of that ominous night.
At the end of last year, Sher starred in a sell-out season of the Olivier award-winning drama Broken Glass at The Tricycle Theatre in London. He will be joined in the Fugard Theatre run by a South African cast, with Susan Danford cast in the role of Sylvia Gellburg, the traumatised wife of Phillip Gellburg (Antony Sher). The rest of the cast includes Stephen Jennings, Claire Berlein, Anthea Thompson and Patrick Lyster.
Phillip is pre-occupied with his job at a Wall Street bank, to the detriment of his relationship with his wife Sylvia, who unexpectedly becomes paralysed after reading newspaper reports of Kristallnacht. The help of Dr. Harry Hyman (Stephen Jennings) is called in, and a relationship between him and Sylvia develops that could have impending distressing effects on the family.
Tickets for Broken Glass range from R120 – R180 and can be booked through Computicket on www.computicket.com or through the Fugard Theatre Box Office on 021 461 4554. Visit the website for further information www.thefugard.com
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