![]() ![]() Well directed by Stephen Unwin, with an impressive set which perfectly fits the atmosphere of the play, A View From the Bridge runs to Saturday March 28. James Rastall excels as the rather gentle Rodolpho while Philip Cairns has a key role as the stronger brother, Marco, and Teresa Banham plays Eddie’s wife with compassion.Īn impressive performance, too, from Michael Brandon, the wise community lawyer, Alfieri, who also has an important impact as the narrator. ![]() Eddie’s jealous mistrust exposes a deep, unspeakable secret one that drives him to commit the ultimate betrayal. But when one of them falls for his beautiful niece, they discover that freedom comes at a price. ![]() You just know that something terrible is going to happen, but the story is so cleverly written that the outcome is never obvious. A View from the Bridge In Brooklyn, Eddie Carbone welcomes his Sicilian cousins to the land of freedom. There is a towering performance from Jonathan Guy Lewis as Eddie whose obsession with his pretty orphaned niece, Catherine, threatens to lead to something serious, especially when she falls for one of the cousins, Rodolpho.ĭaisy Boulton plays Catherine with the perfect balance of loyalty towards the man who has taken care of her over the years and desperation to make a life of her own choice with Rodolpho, and the unbearable tensions are superbly developed by a fine cast. Longshoreman Eddie Carbone at first warmly welcomes his wife’s Sicilian cousins to his home near Brooklyn Bridge, although they are illegal immigrants, but a situation develops that threatens the ultimate betrayal. Human emotions reach boiling point in Arthur Miller’s gripping drama set in an Italian-American community in the 1950s. ![]()
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