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The Crucible (Paperback)
Arthur Miller; Volume editing by Soyica Diggs Colbert; Series edited by Susan Abbotson
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R190
R180
Discovery Miles 1 800
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Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life!
Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the
dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name?
I have given you my soul; leave me my name! In a small tight-knit
community, gossip and rumour spread like wildfire, inflaming
personal grievances until no-one is safe from accusation and
vengeance. The Crucible is Arthur Miller's classic dramatisation of
the witch-hunt and trials that besieged the Puritan community of
Salem in 1692. Seen as a chilling parallel to the McCarthyism and
repressive culture of fear that gripped America in the 1950s, the
play's timeless relevance and appeal remains as strong as when the
play opened on Broadway in 1953. This new edition includes an
introduction by Soyica Diggs Colbert, that explores the play's
production history as well as the dramatic, thematic, and academic
debates that surround it; a must-have resource for any student
exploring The Crucible.
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All My Sons (Paperback)
Arthur Miller; Series edited by Susan Abbotson; Volume editing by Claire Gleitman
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R269
Discovery Miles 2 690
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'His drama is a piece of expert dramatic construction. Mr. Miller
has woven his characters into a tangle of plot that springs
naturally out of the circumstances of life today.' NEW YORK TIMES
Three years on from the disappearance of his son, successful
businessman Joe Keller has made a comfortable life for his family
in America's Midwest: despite being accused of supplying defective
aircraft equipment in World War 2, he is altogether happy. But,
when a shadowy figure from Joe's past returns, his hidden truths
are revealed, and the price of the American Dream is laid bare.
Miller's first successful play on Broadway, All My Sons launched
his career and established him as one of America's greatest
dramatists, also winning him the 1946 Tony Award for Best Author.
An incisive indictment of greed, capitalism and self-interest, All
My Sons is remembered as one of the playwright's greatest works.
This Methuen Drama Student Edition is edited by Clare Gleitman,
with commentary and notes that explore the play's production
history (including excerpts from an interview with director Jeremy
Herrin) as well as the dramatic, thematic and academic debates that
surround it.
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Death of a Salesman (Paperback)
Arthur Miller; Volume editing by Claire Conceison; Series edited by Susan Abbotson
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R268
Discovery Miles 2 680
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Why am I trying to become what I don't want to be ... when all I
want is out there, waiting for me the minute I say I know who I am.
Willy Loman is an ageing travelling salesman haunted, driven and
yet held back by empty dreams of prosperity and success. Justly
celebrated as one of the most famous dramatisations of the failure
of the American Dream, the play's moral and political purpose is
perfectly counterbalanced by a powerful and moving human drama of a
man trying to make his way in the world and of the human flaws that
lead to the shattering of his family and of their figurehead. Death
of a Salesman is Miller's tragic masterpiece and considered one of
the greatest plays of the twentieth century. Awarded the Pulitzer
Prize in 1949, the play remains a classic work of literature and
drama that is studied and performed around the world. This new
edition includes an introduction by Claire Conceison that explores
the play's production history as well as the dramatic, thematic,
and academic debates that surround it; a must-have resource for any
student exploring Death of a Salesman.
'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.
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Broken Glass (Paperback)
Arthur Miller; Series edited by Susan Abbotson; Volume editing by Ambika Singh, Nupur Tandon
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R385
Discovery Miles 3 850
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"It's moral vision, as well as the Miller voice, which remains as
strong and unrelenting as a prophet's, that distinguish Broken
Glass." - The New York Times When Sylvia Gellburg, a young Jewish
woman living in Brooklyn, becomes partially paralyzed from the
waist down, her husband Phillip is shocked: what could've caused
this sudden condition? The answer is Kristallnacht, the horrific,
anti-Semitic event occurring halfway around the world. As the
Gellburgs reckon with this pogrom and with the breakdown of their
own marriage, a terrifying thought emerges: will the Jewish people
ever be able to avoid persecution? Broken Glass is one of Miller's
most moving and personal works, touching on themes of Jewish
identity and anti-Semitism, winning him the Olivier Award for Best
New Play in 1994. This Methuen Drama Student Edition is edited by
Ambika Singh, and Nupur Tandon, with commentary and notes that
explore the play's production history (including excerpts from an
interview with director David Thacker,) as well as the dramatic,
thematic and academic debates that surround it.
'Mr. Miller knows his audience... he is letting us know, the devil
will have his due.' NEW YORK TIMES When insurance agent Lyman Felt
is hospitalised following a near-fatal car crash, both of his wives
show up at his bedside and his duplicitous bigamy is revealed. As
his shocked spouses - the prim Theo and the assertive Leah - reel
from this revelation and their husband's hypocrisy, an outrageous
question is presented: is marriage actually easier this way?
Touching on themes of betrayal, crisis and reconciliation, The Ride
Down Mt. Morgan is one of Miller's more controversial works, and
was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play in 1991. This
Methuen Drama Student Edition is edited by Thiago Russo, with
commentary and notes that explore the play's production history
(including excerpts from an interview with director David
Esbjornson) as well as the dramatic, thematic and academic debates
that surround it.
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After the Fall (Paperback)
Arthur Miller; Series edited by Susan Abbotson; Volume editing by Ramon Espejo Romero
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R392
Discovery Miles 3 920
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'Much like Mr. Miller, Quentin is a witness to alarming public and
personal catastrophes: the stock market crash, the Holocaust, the
McCarthy witchhunts and the self-destruction of a show business
idol to whom he is married.' NEW YORK TIMES Haunted by past
romantic failures, Quentin, a New York City Jewish intellectual,
retreats into his mind as he debates marrying for a third time: as
he revisits past loves and losses, his mind and memory fragments
under philosophical questions; are our failures really just our
own? Or is possible to hide away from the mistakes of the past? One
of Miller's most personal plays, After the Fall takes place almost
entirely inside the mind of the play's protagonist, who is often
read as a stand-in for the playwright himself. Touching on themes
of the Holocaust, McCarthyism and inherited sin, the play is one of
the most discussed within Miller's canon. This Methuen Drama
Student Edition is edited by Ramon Espejo-Romero, with commentary
and notes that explore the play's production history (including
excerpts from an interview with Michael Blakemore, former Associate
Director of the Royal National Theatre,) as well as the dramatic,
thematic and academic debates that surround it.
'A gentle, lyrical, Chekhovian evocation of the past, with that
special unpretentious charm that special works sometimes have.' NEW
YORK TIMES At an auto-parts warehouse in Brooklyn, life seems
frozen in time: as workers of every age commute in, nothing ever
seems to change. Newcomer Bert, only 18 years old, hopes to escape
this world, earnestly saving his wages for college... but can such
a dream survive his workplace's haze of hopelessness, despondency
and alcoholism? A vivid rendering of life under the Great
Depression, A Memory of Two Mondays perfectly captures the
anxieties and concerns of the 1930s, autobiographically reflecting
Miller's own experience as an 18-year-old in this period. This
Methuen Drama Student Edition is edited by Stephen Marino, with
commentary and notes that explore the play's production history
(including excerpts from an interview with director Rob Roznowski)
as well as the dramatic, thematic and academic debates that
surround it.
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The Price (Paperback)
Arthur Miller; Series edited by Susan Abbotson; Volume editing by Yuko Kurahashi
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R409
Discovery Miles 4 090
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"The Price is one of the most engrossing and entertaining plays
that Miller has ever written." - The New Uork Times When patriarch
of the Franz family dies, his two sons return home to dispose of
the furniture crammed in his attic: one is a successful surgeon,
the other gave up everything to support their father following the
Great Depression. As the pair sort through these abandoned
belongings, frustrations, secrets and surprise guests are
uncovered. With its touching and farcical presentation of American
life beyond the Vietnam War and Great Depression, The Price is
widely recognised as one of Miller's major works, earning him a
Tony Award nomination in 1968. This Methuen Drama Student Edition
is edited by Yuko Kurahashi, with commentary and notes that explore
the play's production history (including excerpts from interviews
with the director and designers of the 2017 Arena Stage production)
as well as the dramatic, thematic and academic debates that
surround it.
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The Last Yankee (Paperback)
Arthur Miller; Series edited by Susan Abbotson; Volume editing by Ciaran Leinster
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R344
Discovery Miles 3 440
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'When the play focuses on the self-entrapment of the characters,
Mr. Miller can be tender as well as trenchant' NEW YORK TIMES Two
strangers meet in a New England psychiatric clinic, each visiting
their admitted, depressed wife: one is a humble carpenter with
seven children, the other a successful businessman in a childless
marriage; both have been forgotten by the promise of the American
Dream. Described by Miller as 'a comedy about a tragedy', this
one-act play highlights the devastating consequences for those who
fail to achieve the purported riches of the American Dream; a
reality many face. This Methuen Drama Student Edition is edited by
Ciaran Leinster, with commentary and notes that explore the play's
production history (including excerpts from an interview with
director David Thacker) as well as the dramatic, thematic and
academic debates that surround it.
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A View from the Bridge (Paperback)
Arthur Miller; Volume editing by Julie Vatain-Corfdir; Series edited by Susan Abbotson
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R285
Discovery Miles 2 850
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The law is nature. The law is only a word for what has a right to
happen. When the law is wrong it's because it's unnatural, but in
this case it is natural and a river will drown you if you buck it
now. Let her go. And bless her. Set among Italian-Americans on the
Brooklyn waterfront, A View from the Bridge is the story of
longshoreman Eddie Carbone. When his wife's cousins arrive as
illegal immigrants from Italy, he is honoured to take them into his
house. But when his niece begins to fall in love with one of them,
Eddie grows increasingly suspicious, eventually precipitating his
violation of the moral and cultural codes of his community and
leading to the play's tragic finale. With its examination of the
themes of sexuality, responsibility, betrayal and vengeance, A View
from the Bridge is Miller at his best and a modern classic. This
new edition includes an introduction by Julie Vatain-Corfdir that
explores the play's production history as well as the dramatic,
thematic, and academic debates that surround it; a must-have
resource for any student exploring A View from the Bridge.
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Incident at Vichy (Paperback)
Arthur Miller; Volume editing by Joshua Polster; Series edited by Susan Abbotson
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R323
Discovery Miles 3 230
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Jew is only the name we give to that stranger. Each man has his
Jew; it is the other. And the Jews have their Jews. Arthur Miller's
largely forgotten masterpiece, Incident at Vichy is a prescient
examination of the evil that exists in us all, inspired by a
real-life incident in France in which a Gentile gave a Jew his
identity pass during a check, which would have resulted in the Jew
otherwise being sent to a concentration camp. This Methuen Drama
Student Edition of the play includes commentary and notes by Joshua
Polster, Emerson College, US, which investigate the politics of the
play in the context of the African-American civil rights movement
happening at the time; the Vietnam War; The House Committee on
Un-American Activities; and the murder of Kitty Genovese, as well
as exploring Miller's own relationships that were central to the
play including with psychoanalyst Dr Rudolf Loewenstein, his wife
Inge Morath and his friend Elia Kazan.
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