View from the Bridge

Arthur Miller (1915-2005) was arguably the greatest American playwright of the twentieth century. Hist most famous work for the stage includes Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, All My Sons and A View from the Bridge. Six volumes of his plays and a volume of his theatre essays are published by Methuen Drama.Julie Vatain-Corfdir (volume editor) is Lecturer at the Sorbonne University, Paris. A specialist in English-speaking theatre and translation, she is the author of Translate the Living Letter: English duets on the French Scene (2012). Her other publications include articles on English and American theatre, including the work of Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, Tom Stoppard, Thornton Wilder, Tina Howe and Sarah Ruhl), as well as several contributions on the history and practice of theatrical translation. She also translates for the stage.Susan C. W. Abbotson (series editor) is Professor of Dramatic Literature at Rhode Island College, USA.

• ChronologyIntroductionHistorical, Social and Cultural Contexts Genre and Themes Play as PerformanceProduction HistoryAcademic DebateBehind the scenes –Interview with Director Ivo van Hove on The Young Vic Production of A View from the Bridge Further StudyA View from the BridgeNotes

[The book has] extensive but not daunting information under headings such as Historical and Social Context, Genres and Themes and Performance History, among other aspects. It’s clearly and accessibly written.