A View from the Bridge (paper)
by:
Arthur Miller (author)
Italian-American immigrant life in the 1950's textures this searing drama of love and revenge. Longshoreman Eddie Carbone is devoted to his wife, Beatrice, and to his niece, Catherine. When Beatrice's impoverished Sicilian cousins enter the U.S. illegally in the hope of finding work, Eddie gives...
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Italian-American immigrant life in the 1950's textures this searing drama of love and revenge. Longshoreman Eddie Carbone is devoted to his wife, Beatrice, and to his niece, Catherine. When Beatrice's impoverished Sicilian cousins enter the U.S. illegally in the hope of finding work, Eddie gives them a helping hand. But when Catherine and one of the cousins fall in love, Eddie's affection for his niece turns into obsession. Directed by Peter Levin. Starring: Charles Cioffi, Harry Hamlin, Jamie Hanes, Mary McDonnell, Peter Morse, Ed O'Neill, Amy Pietz, Don Tieri
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Format: paper
ISBN:
9780822212096 (0822212099)
ASIN: 822212099
Publish date: January 1st 1998
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Pages no: 72
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Read For School,
American,
Adult,
Plays,
Drama,
Theatre,
Modern Classics
I read this for The Dead Writers Society literary birthday for October 2016. I have wanted to read Arthur Miller's plays for a while, so hope to move onto "Death of a Salesman" next. I don't know where to even begin with this one. I read it in one gulp and held my breath towards the end worrying abo...
bookshelves: autumn-2015, play-dramatisation, published-1955, radio-3 Recommended to Bettie☯ by: Laura Recommended for: BBC Radio Listeners Read from October 17 to 19, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06h93s1Description: Martin Jarvis directs Arthur Miller's 1955 award-winning masterpiece...
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I'm sure it's a significant work of mid-century drama, et cetera, but eh, it leaves me indifferent.