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'It is Mr. Miller's notion, potentially a great one, that the
Baums' story can help tell the story of America itself during that
traumatic era.' NEW YORK TIMES When the stock market crashes, the
once-financially comfortable Baum family lose everything and are
forced to leave their lofty home in Manhattan to live with
relatives in Brooklyn: how can their pride, purpose and artistic
endeavours survive such a sudden and shocking reversal of fortune?
A sweeping, hard-hitting look at the Great Depression of the 1930s,
The American Clock is a vaudevillian celebration of American
resilience and optimism in the face of national crisis, and was
performed on Broadway in 1980. This Methuen Drama Student Edition
is edited by Jane K. Dominik, with commentary and notes that
explore the play's production history (including excerpts from
interviews with designers of the 1980 Broadway production) as well
as the dramatic, thematic and academic debates that surround it.
Fifty years after the original production of Death of a Salesman,
Arthur Miller's play has as much emotional impact upon and
relevance to the audience of twenty-first century America as it did
when it was first performed. In this collection of papers, taken
from the Fifth International Arthur Miller Conference in Brooklyn
Heights, New York, authors focus on the play's position in
America's dramatic literary canon. The subjects of the essays range
from evaluation of the play in economic terms to critical analysis
of specific productions, to a look at the body of Miller's works.
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The Price (Paperback)
Jane K. Dominik; Arthur Miller
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This Student Edition of Miller's play The Price is perfect for
students of literature and drama and offers an unrivalled guide to
Miller's classic play. It features an extensive introduction by
Jane K. Dominik which includes: a chronology of Miller's life and
times; a summary of the plot and commentary on the characters,
themes, language, context and production history of the play.
Together with over twenty questions for further study and detailed
notes on words and phrases from the text, this is the definitive
edition of the play. Premiering on Broadway in 1968, The Price ran
for over 400 performances and earned Miller the New York Drama
Critics Circle Award. Like Death of a Salesman and After the Fall,
it is a memory play, but one presented as an escalating argument
within a traditional, realistic structure. The play concerns two
brothers who must return to the home of their deceased father prior
to its destruction to dispose of the furniture crammed into the
attic. Exhibiting many features characteristic of Miller's work
including sibling rivalry, confrontation with the past and with
their memories, the effects of the Great Depression and the war in
Vietnam, the pursuit of a dream, and the responsibility one must
assume for one's own life, The Price is recognised as one of
Miller's major works.
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