A view from a bridge

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The playwright Arthur Miller sets "A view from a bridge" in the 1920s when gangsters roamed the streets of New York. Miller concentrates the production on the concept of a Shakespearean tragedy where a good man is killed by his fatal flaw which in the case of a view from a bridge is Eddies burning desire for his niece Catherine.

The production was presented in the royal theatre in bury St.Edmunds the set followed the exact stage directions as miller had set in the novel. Using only very basic props with only a settee, tables and chairs and a stage curtain as scenery.
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Although basic the stage incorporated a rotating centre for the stage which added a very good effect as we could see Alfieri in the background and it turned when he spoke his monologue. The lighting for the stage was very good as it sometimes added the effect of windows in Alfieri's offices or the docks

In a small apartment near the new York docks, Eddie Carbone struggles to accept the changes which are over coming his niece and the truth about himself. Eddy's niece: Catherine has lived with Eddie and his wife all her life, since ...

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