Sunday, October 11, 2026

Play review - "View from the Bridge" by Arthur Miller (warning: spoilers)

 I remember seeing this play with a girlfriend who wasn't a theatre fan normally but the piece really spoke to her - the overprotective dad figure. Here he's a uncle, excellently played in the audio version by Ed O'Neill, who is perhaps incestuously attracted to his niece but he also kisses the niece's boyfriend. The piece builds logically to his death at the hands of the Sicilian, and the Greek chorus device of the lawyer works well - who admits he envies the uncle in a way because he shows his real self instead of fifty0fifty.

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