After the Fall (Penguin Plays)
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (547 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01BO1LZG6 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 435 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Marisa said Shockingly Bad; Goes from Promising to Miserable. I had no idea Arthur Miller was even capable of writing such a self-indulgent play. The opening and earliest scenes are so promising, but it devolves into what might be one of the most woman-hating pieces of literature I have ever read. The cruelty and extreme egotism of his attitude towards Maggie (thinly disguised foil for his dead ex-wife, Marilyn Monroe) is beyond the pale. Apparently, Jacqueline Kennedy refused to ever speak to him again, because of his disloyalty to Marilyn, wh. Michael J. Ettner said "There's something in me that could dare to love the world again!". Arthur Miller's "After the Fall" takes the form of an investigation into the forces which give rise to incomplete and destructive human relationships. Its protagonist, Quentin, in whose mind the play is enacted, subscribes to a simple credo: "You tell the truth, even against yourself." The play is fabricated as a trial or, more fittingly, an inquest in which the moralist, Quentin, sits in judgment upon his own conscience, his own values, his own actions.Quentin, now retired from the . "Great acting but a pain to listen" according to Amazon Customer. This play is way too sophisticated for my tastes. I am only half-way through it and I am only going to reach the end because I am the kind of obsessive-compulsive individual who must finish a book or a movie or an audio book once I start them. I do violate this rule once in a while, but this play is too short to resistAnyway, I think LA Theater Works is a FANTASTIC publisher and I love most of the many plays of theirs I have listened to, but this one is above my head. I find the acto
His journey backward takes him through a troubled upbringing, the bitter death of his mother, and a series of failed relationships.. Often called the most autobiographical of Arthur Miller's plays, After the Fall probes deeply into the psyche of Quentin, a man who ruthlessly revisits his past to explain the catastrophe that is his life
Arthur Miller has come to be considered one of the greatest dramatists in the history of the American theatre, and his plays continue to be produced worldwide.
From the Inside Flap Arthur Miller's famous autobiographical drama takes place inside the tortured mind of a 40-year-old lawyer. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Amy Brenneman, Anthony LaPaglia, Amy Pietz, Amy Aquino, Gregory Itzin, Claudette Nevins, Natalija Nogulich, Al Ruscio, Raphael Sbarge and Kenny Williams. Quentin is haunted by his disastrous affair with a needy sex symbol - a character rumored to be based on Marilyn Monroe, Miller's second wife. . An L.A