The ride down Mt. Morgan

by Arthur Miller

Paper Book, 1991

Status

Available

Description

"This new edition of Arthur Miller's 1991 play includes the revisions he made for the acclaimed 1998 Public Theater production starring Patrick Stewart."--P. [4] of cover.

User reviews

LibraryThing member Devil_llama
Arthur Miller creates the opposite of Willie Loman - a man who has everything he could possibly want, who is a success and is recognized as such. When a drive down a snowy mountain lands him in the hospital, his world crashes down on him as his two wives meet for the first time, each unknown to the
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other until that moment. Told in a series of flashbacks and moments of dreaming, with occasional appearances by a father (presumably dead), the work mixes surrealism and postmodernism for an effective, touching, and humorous work. The women are interesting in their own right; though at first they appear to be mere extensions of his desires, they work through their own issues and figure out how to deal with life in a radically changed environment. The excesses of the 1980s, the idea of selfish individualism, is put on display and doesn't come off looking well. A good read; I would love to see it performed.
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Original publication date

1991

Publication

London : Methuen Drama, 1991.

Awards

Tony Award (Nominee — Play — 2000)

Language

Physical description

88 p.; 19 cm

ISBN

0413657108 / 9780413657107
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