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Title: The Price by Richard Dreyfuss, Arthur Miller, Amy Irving, Timothy West ISBN: 1-58081-208-2 Publisher: L. A. Theatre Works Pub. Date: 09 February, 2002 Format: Audio CD Volumes: 2 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: 5 stars for theme...but 30s diction.
Comment: Miller's play surrounds the moral development of two brothers: one a dutiful policeman (Victor), the other a successful yet selfish surgeon (Walter). Their most recent encounter takes place during the sale of family furniture and heirlooms -- post a long and silent gap in their relationship catalyzed by an angry family breakup that completely separated the brothers.
During their encounter, Arthur Miller poignantly brings out each brother's personal ethics, and what moral debts each feels the other owes. The 'furniture' and it's price to be sold, which is their central concern (in addition to dealings with the only other two characters in the play - an appraiser (Solomon) and Victor's wife (Esther)) , is merely a bargaining object between the two - a prop - with which each may discover more fully the other's thoughts and ways of being, and somehow, at the end of the day, find some sort of salvation in each other.
Miller's play does have room for updating the "Say! What a swell..." type of older american-english diction for flow. This may be especially encouraging to those who may find some of the colloquialisms inappropriate.
The reader must keep in mind that this is not a novel, and really should not be read like one, word for word. This is more a basic screenplay type, where improvisation by actors who truly understand the characters - and Miller's intent - will ultimately bring the true and dramatic color to a wonderful and thought-provoking story.
Rating: 3
Summary: A Good Work by a Great Author....
Comment: The Price is a well thought out story of human growth. It is a story of family relationships, particularly one that has collapsed over the years. When forced to come together once and for all, the brothers reunite and are able to find some common ground if any over the price of their own old furniture which is to be sold to a dealer. Far more prominent in this novel is the lesson that relationships need love and attention to flourish, and one cannot put a price on them. This book is fabulously written by the famous author, Arthur Miller who has also written such reknown plays as Death of a Salesman and The Crucible. If you didn't pass up a chance to read those classics, you won't want to pass up a chance to read this one.
Rating: 4
Summary: I don't mind repeat performances
Comment: When talking about this play, arthur miller said "I don't write plays to conform to critical essays. I write about what interests me. That is my strength and that is my limitation." Yes, it had a very similar plot to DEATH OF A SALESMAN, but the character's, specifically the main character, were very different, which changed the theme of the play. I loved it. It made me think...got me more involved then death of a salesman did. It took serveral readings to get the full jist of it. Victor's sacrifice was for love: it didn't matter if there had been no love in his family--he brought love to it.
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Title: A View from the Bridge: A Play in Two Acts With a New Introduction (Penguin Plays) by Arthur Miller ISBN: 0140481354 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1987 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: Betrayal by Harold Pinter ISBN: 0802130801 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 1979 List Price(USD): $12.50 |
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Title: All My Sons: A Drama in 3 Acts by Arthur Miller, C. W. E. Bigsby ISBN: 0141185465 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 31 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: After the Fall : A Play in Two Acts by Arthur Miller ISBN: 0140481621 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1980 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: Death of A Salesman by Arthur Miller ISBN: 0140481346 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 06 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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