London’s Old Vic Theatre is a leader in the current revelatory series of revivals of the plays of Arthur Miller. The American Clock, his ‘wide-screen’ kaleidoscopic examination of the disintegration of the American dream, through the Great Depression, Wall Street Crash and…
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Admissions ★★★★
Joshua Harmon can make you laugh and cringe simultaneously. He gives his characters space for long rants – and plenty of rope to hang themselves. In his earlier hit comedy Bad Jews, relationships come under strain when family members are forced together for their…
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It’s open season on Arthur Miller in the UK right now, as this second autobiographical play looking back to the legacy of the Great Depression joins The Price on the London stage, with All My Sons waiting in the wings to follow in April. It’s also a sign of the times that both the…