Arthur Miller Plays 1 All My Sons; Death of a Salesman; The Crucible; A Memory of Two Mondays; A View from the Bridge

<b>"The greatest American dramatist of our age." (<i>Evening Standard)</i></b><br><b><i><br></i></b>In this collected works, five of Arthur Miller's most-produced and popular plays are brought together in a new edition, alongside an exclusive introduction by Ivo van Hove, the celebrated contemporary director of Miller's works.<br><br>All five plays were written by Miller within a ten-year period which began with his first Broadway hit, <i>All My Sons</i>, in 1947 which led Brooks Atkinson of the New York Times to state that 'theatre has acquired a genuine new talent.' This was followed in 1949 by his exploration of the American Dream in <i>Death of a Salesman, </i>which went on to win the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.<br><br><i>The Crucible</i> followed in 1953, produced during the McCarthy era and becoming a parable of the witch-hunting practices of a government determined to root-out Communists. <i>A View from the Bridge, </i>originally performed in 1955, concerns the lives of longshoremen in the Brooklyn waterfront and has remained one of Miller's most produced plays. Originally presented as a one-act companion piece to <i>A Memory of Two Mondays</i>, both plays explore the dreams and working lives of ordinary Americans in the early decades of the 20th century.<br><br>Freshly edited and featuring a bold new design, this updated edition of <i>Arthur Miller Plays 1 </i>is a must-have for theatre fans and students alike.