Arthur Miller

Of Mice and Men

Quietly shocking aftertaste of Lyceum Steinbeck adaptation

27 Feb 2012

Director John Dove breaks his run of eminently solid productions of Arthur Miller plays at the Lyceum with this solid adaptation of John Steinbeck. And in a similar style to shows like 2010’s The Price, the sets here are towering, intricate and…

Marilyn a witty take on celebrity and feminism in the 1960s

Two strong-willed women wrestling to be taken seriously in male-dominated society

24 Feb 2011

Certain actresses have an image that resonates throughout popular culture long after their departure from the silver screen. Almost none have remained as morbidly fascinating as Marilyn Monroe, and her appeal is explored compellingly in Sue Glover’s new…

Royal Lyceum's A View From the Bridge full of fine performances

Tautly realised and powerful production of Arthur Miller play

28 Jan 2011

A View From the Bridge is the fifth Arthur Miller play to be staged by the Royal Lyceum in as many years, and director John Dove’s passion for the American playwright comes through loud and clear in a tautly realised and powerful production. The…

A View from the Bridge set for Lyceum - Liam Brennan interview

Latest Arthur Miller play adapted by John Dove for Edinburgh theatre

3 Jan 2011

Since 2004’s Death of a Salesman, John Dove’s Arthur Miller productions have become something of a regular fixture at the Lyceum. His subsequent versions of All My Sons, The Price and The Man Who Had All the Luck won him plaudits and in January 2011, A…

The Price

19 Jan 2010

It’s not hard to see why the creative team at the Lyceum plumped for The Price as the latest revival by their favourite playwright. Arthur Miller’s last big popular success exploring the unhappy legacy of the Great Depression resonates more than ever at…

Arthur Miller's The Price set for Lyceum

8 Jan 2010

By the time he wrote The Price, Arthur Miller was already in his early 50s, an elder statesman of the theatrical world, veteran of the oppressive days of McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee, thrice married and widower of Marilyn…

A View From the Bridge

28 May 2009

One of the gifts that made Arthur Miller such a significant dramatic writer was his ability to capture the world of Greek tragedy – on the face of it an unfamiliar theatrical landscape with its dark blood feuds, incest and primal passions – and make it…

The Man Who Had All the Luck

22 Jan 2009

REVIVAL Arthur Miller’s first play to be mounted on Broadway closed after only four performances, and was barely revived until a successful production in 2002 led to renewed interest in the work. While undeniably flawed it provides a fascinating…

The Man Who Had All the Luck - O lucky man

8 Jan 2009

Arthur Miller took perhaps the hardest knock to his reputation early on in his career, in 1944 when his Broadway debut, The Man Who Had All the Luck opened and closed within a week to empty houses and much derision from the critics. His first major play…

Broken Glass

22 May 2007

SCOTTISH PREMIERE Whenever someone expresses a view that dissents from the mainstream it makes others feel uncomfortable, and they may feel the need to find a label for them. In his own time, Arthur Miller endured a good deal of abuse from various…

Broken Glass

Tolbooth, Stirling, Thu 26 - Sat 28 Apr, then tour

9 Apr 2007

SCOTTISH PREMIERE There is a simple believability in Arthur Miller’s characters and stories which makes them as relevant today as they ever were, be they tales of quotidian salesmen betrayed by the American Dream, or illegal immigrants living in…

All My Sons

Sons and slaughters

16 Jan 2007

A brilliant, but profoundly uneasy evening awaits the ‘Well, Saddam was a son of a bitch, so the war was justified’ school of thought at the Lyceum. So, too, the ‘we can only vote for the Tories in power or those awaiting power’ mindset will face some…

All My Sons

Miller time

20 Dec 2006

Steve Cramer The play tells the story of Joe, a man who, during the Second World War, has okayed faulty engine parts for bombers. As a result, many airman, including one of his sons, have died. He has escaped justice, but his attempts to establish a…