"The Price," which premiered on Broadway to a mixed critical reception in 1968, is being revived by Seattle Repertory Theatre. In his best-known play, "Death of a Salesman," Miller explored the shattered psyche of a man who wastes his life pursuing a mercantile American dream he never truly believed in.Īn earlier Miller script, "All My Sons," implicates a financially ambitious airplane parts manufacturer in the war death of his own son.Īnd in "The Price," Miller engineered a fraught psychological confrontation between two brothers - a humble policeman named Victor and a wealthy surgeon, Walter - who have chosen different paths in life, and who embody disparate notions of success and failure. None has been more drawn to the topic than Arthur Miller. 443-2222.Īmerican writers are forever reflecting on what constitutes real achievement in our success-obsessed culture.
Theater preview "The Price" by Arthur Miller previews at Seattle Repertory Theatre on Saturday and Sunday, opens on Wednesday, and runs Tuesdays-Sundays through Jan.
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