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The Arthur Miller
Festival: Our season includes a tribute
to a giant of American dramatic literature –
Arthur Miller. Two of his most acclaimed plays
anchor the salute – A View from the Bridge and Death of a Salesman. In addition,
we’ll have Monday evening readings, screenings
and lectures exploring his other work. The Festival is sponsored by Susan and
Steven Bralove, John and Linda Derrick, Wendy Farrow
Raines, Mark and Merrill Shugoll and Dick and
Katie Snowdon.
Notes from Molly: Miller often used his plays to comment on major
political issues in this case McCarthyism. Eddie
Carbone’s life is destroyed because he betrayed
his friends to the government. Miller’s responding
to his colleague Elia Kazan, who believed that
it was his duty to give the names of suspected
Communists to the House Un-American Activities
Committee. Kazan’s film “On the Waterfront”
features a comparable setting and theme but
portrays its central figure heroically.
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| the season | 2007/08 season | a view
from the bridge
by Arthur Miller
directed by Daniel Aukin
in repertory with Death of a Salesman
March 21 through May 18, 2008
in Crystal City
sponsored by Joan and
David Maxwell
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Like Death of a Salesman, this passionate drama about Italian-American immigrant life
in the 1950's also examines the promise and
failure of the American Dream. more
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Brooklyn longshoreman Eddie Carbone lives
in a tight-knit Italian neighborhood with
his wife Beatrice and orphaned niece Catherine,
whose emerging independence and womanhood
disturb him. When two of Beatrice's impoverished
Sicilian cousins enter the country illegally,
Catherine falls in love with one of them
and agrees to marry. As he desperately tries
to keep his family from unraveling, Eddie's
feelings for his niece turn into an obsession he can neither understand nor acknowledge.
His actions have far-reaching effects in
the community and lead to a climatic confrontation
in a tale of love, betrayal and revenge. close
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