A View From the Bridge

Synopsis

Classic tale of love, ambition and revenge. Set amid Brooklyn's Italian-American community. Eddie and Beatrice have raised niece Catherine as their only precious daughter. She is almost 16 when two cousins arrive illegally from Sicily, seeking work and shelter and jeopardising all their dreams. This powerful modern classic will have you gripped as the hero Eddie grapples with his feelings towards the two women in his life, surviving in the shadow of the famous bridge in 1950s New York.

Our Review:

30 January 2006

The late, great playwright Arthur Miller passed away a year ago but his classic plays still live on and always garner a huge dedicated army of theatre-goers. A View From The Bridge is currently playing in Bolton as part of a mini season alongside Broken Glass, which opens in March. With one of the legendary playwright's last plays Resurrection Blues about to begin at the Old Vic in London, now is as a good a time as any to catch two of his timeless productions.

Set in 1950's Brooklyn, we follow Miller's protagonist, Eddie Carbone, as he endeavours to protect his niece, Catherine. Extremely proud of his Italian-American community and working class roots, Eddie's behaviour starts to become more obsessive, almost suffocating his ward and damaging his reputation within his home and workplace at the docks. Devoted wife Bea struggles to find a resolution to her husband's spiralling self destructive behaviour, quietly w...

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