A View From the Bridge. (Acting Edition for Theater Productions) - Softcover

Arthur Miller; Miller, Arthur

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0822212099 ISBN 13: 9780822212096

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc., 1998

Synopsis

Longshoreman Eddie Carbone is captivated with his niece, Catherine, and his inappropriate feelings for her are inflamed when his wife's cousin from Italy makes advances toward Catherine.

About this title

About the Author:

Arthur Miller's first success came in 1947 with All My Sons for which he won the New York Drama Critics Circle award. His next play, Death of a Salesman, stunned audiences with its brilliance and was quickly became a classic of the modern theatre. It also sparked heated debates over the true nature of tragedy. Arthur Miller was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1949 for Death of a Salesman. He has come to be considered one of the greatest dramatists in the history of the American Theatre, and his plays continue to be produced worldwide.

From AudioFile:

Arthur Miller's play is a bit melodramatic and uses some crude dramaturgy, but it's an entertaining period piece written in 1955 and set in Brooklyn during that era. Ed O'Neill (who played Al Bundy on "Married... With Children") is convincing as Eddie Carbone, the Italian-American longshoreman at the center of this play about obsession and betrayal. Jamie Hanes and Harry Hamlin put on passable accents as illegal Sicilian immigrants hiding out in the Carbone home. The play also benefits from judicious editing that makes the action easier to follow in an audio-only format. D.B. © AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0822212099
• ISBN 13: 9780822212096
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 72