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MACMILLAN MODERN DRAMATISTS MACMILLAN MODERN DRAMATISTS Series Editors: Bruce and Adele King Published titles Reed Anderson, Federico Garcia Lorca Clive Barker, British Alternative Theatre Normand Berlin, Eugene 0' Neill Michael Billington, Alan Ayckbourn (2nd ed.) Roger Boxill, Tennessee Williams David Bradby and David Williams, Directors' Theatre John Bull, New British Political Dramatists Dennis Carroll, David Mamet Neil Carson, Arthur Miller Ruby Cohn, New American Dramatists, I960-I990 Bernard F. Dukore, American Dramatists, I9I8-I945 Michael Etherton, Contemporary Irish Dramatists G. K. Gianakaris, Peter Shaffer Frances Gray, John Arden Penny Griffin, Pinero and Jones David Hirst, Edward Bond David Hirst, Dario Fo and Franca Rame Helene Keyssar, Feminist Theatre Thomas Leabhart, Modern and Post-modern Mime Charles Lyons, Samuel Beckett Gerry McCarthy, Edward Albee Jeanette L. Savona, Jean Genet David Thomas, Henrik Ibsen Katharine Worth, Oscar Wilde Further titles are in preparation MACMILLAN MODERN DRAMATISTS AB!BUB MIL LIB Reil Carson Associate Professor of English University of Guelph, Canada -- MACMILLAN © Neil Carson 1982 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London WIP 9HE. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. First published 1982 by THE MACMILLAN PRESS LTD Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 2XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world ISBN 978-0-333-28924-2 ISBN 978-1-349-16735-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-16735-7 13 12 II 10 9 8 7 6 5 03 02 01 00 99 98 97 96 95 Editors' Preface The Macmillan Modern Dramatists is an international series of introductions to major and significant nineteenth and twentieth century dramatists, movements and new forms of drama in Europe, Great Britain, America and new nations such as Nigeria and Trinidad. Besides new studies of great and influential dramatists of the past, the series includes volumes on contemporary authors, recent trends in the theatre and on many dramatists, such as writers of farce, who have created theatre 'classics' while being neglected by literary criticism. The volumes in the series devoted to individual dramatists include a biogra phy, a survey of the plays, and detailed analysis of the most significant plays, along with discussion, where re levant of the political, social, historical and theatrical context. The authors of the volumes, who are involved with theatre as playwrights, directors, actors, teachers and critics, are concerned with the plays as theatre and discuss such matters as performance, character interpretation and staging, along with themes and contexts. Macmillan Modern Dramatists are written for people interested in modern theatre who prefer concise, intelli gent studies of drama and dramatists, without jargon and an excess of footnotes. BRUCE KING ADELE KING FoR EDWINA Contents Editor's Preface vii 1 The Young Playwright (1915-49) 1 2 Looking for the World that Would be Perfect 14 3 The Man Who Had All the Luck and All my Sons 33 4 Death of a Salesman 44 5 The Crucible 60 6 A View from the Bridge 77 7 Non-Theatrical Writing 92 8 After the Fall 110 9 The Price 122 10 The Creation of the World and Other Business and Playing for Time 13 7 11 Conclusion 147 References 157 Bibliography 160 Index 164 List of Plates 1. All My Sons, New York, 1947, courtesy: New York Public Library. Photograph: Eileen Darby 2a. Death of a Salesman, New York, 1949: Lee J. Cobb as Willy Loman. Photograph: Hoblitzelle Theatre Arts Collection, Humanities Research Centre, The Univer sity of Texas at Austin 2b. Death of a Salesman, London, 1949: Jo Mielziner's set. Photograph: BBC Hulton Picture Library 3. Death of a Salesman, London, 1949: Willy Loman's family mourning his death. Photograph: BBC Hulton Picture Library 4. The Crucible, New York, 1953, courtesy: New York Public Library. Photograph: Alfredo Valente 5. The Crucible, Bristol Old Vic Company, 1954. Photo graph: BBC Hulton Picture Library 6a. The set of A View From the Bridge, New York, 1956. Photograph: Hoblitzelle Theatre Arts Collection, Humanities Research Centre, The University of Texas at Austin 6b. A View From the Bridge, London, 1956: starring Mary Ure and Anthony Quayle. Photograph: BBC Hulton Picture Library 7. The Creation of the World, New York, 1972, courtesy: New York Public Library. Photograph: Inge Morath 8. Death of a Salesman, London, 1980: Warren Mitchell as Willy Loman. Photograph: Donald Cooper The publishers wish it to be known that every effort has been made to trace the copyright holders. In cases where they may have failed they will be pleased to make any necessary arrangements at the first oppor tunity.
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