Amy Marston Joins Watford Palace Theatre's Revival Of BROKEN GLASS – 80 YEARS AFTER KRISTALLNACHT

Watford Palace Theatre today announces that Amy Marston will play Sylvia Gellburg alongside the previously announced Clara Francis (Harriet), Andrew Hall (Stanton Case), Michael Higgs (Dr Harry Hyman), Rebecca Lacey (Margaret Hyman) and Michael Matus (Philip Gellburg) in Arthur Miller's play Broken Glass, which opens 80 years after the events of Kristallnacht, leading up to the Second World War. Charlotte Emmerson has regretfully had to withdraw from the production due to unforeseen circumstances. Broken Glass opens at Watford Palace Theatre on 8 March and runs until 24 March.

Phillip and Sylvia Gellburg are living increasingly separate lives. Phillip is obsessed with getting ahead, in a real estate company where he is the only Jew. Sylvia is disturbed by news of Kristallnacht from Germany. In a single night, the Nazis destroyed thousands of Jewish homes and businesses, smashing windows and burning synagogues. Haunted by these images, she becomes ill and is unable to move. Phillip takes her to see the popular and attractive Dr Harry Hyman, whose 'talking cure' has unexpected consequences.

Arthur Miller is one of the most celebrated writers of the twentieth century. His most notable works include Death of a Salesman, A View From the Bridge, The Crucible and All My Sons. Broken Glass was first performed in 1994 and was nominated for a Tony Award later that year. In 1995 it received the Olivier Award for Best New Play.

Amy Marston plays Sylvia Gellburg. Recent theatre credits include Feed the Beast (Birmingham Repertory Theatre), A Small Family Business and The Children's Hour (National Theatre), Stepping Out (Salisbury Playhouse), After Mrs Rochester (Shared Experience) and Ghost Train Tattoo, Snake in a Fridge, Snapshots and Unidentified Human Remains (Manchester Royal Exchange). For television, her credits include Vera, Endeavour, The Adventures of Tom Jones, Hello Girls, DCI Banks, Doc Martin and Man/Woman and; for film, The Little Stranger, A Christmas Prince, The Current War, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus and Charlotte Gray.

Richard Beecham directs. Beecham returns to Watford Palace Theatre having previously directed Neville's Island, A Taste of Honey and Translations. Other theatre credits include Driving Miss Daisy (Theatre Royal, Bath and UK tour), Rose (Home, Manchester), Playing for Time (Sheffield Crucible) and Dancing at Lughnasa (Theatre Royal, Northampton).

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