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You can die at twenty-six
When Victor sweeps his flashlight across the stage and into the audience, the slightly uncomfortable chairs of the tiny Marylebone theatre become additional items about to be sold to Gregory Solomon, and the packed audience an extension of the cluttered attic. Poor ventilation heightens the stifling atmosphere, and the musty smell quickly feels real. The…
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Hysterical impotence
Broken Glass premiered in 1994 — first in New York, where it was mostly disliked, and then in London at the National’s Lyttelton, where the reaction was more mixed. It became one of Miller’s more criticised works, with many seeing it as a messy low in his career. But wanting the play to resolve itself…
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