The final volume in Methuen Drama”s acclaimed series of work by Arthur Miller who, during his lifetime, was acknowledged as ‘the greatest American dramatist of our age’ (
Evening Standard).
Featuring two plays from the 1990s and his final two plays (2002 and 2004), it offers the first ever publication of Miller”s final play,
Finishing the Picture. Inspired by his experience during the filming of
The Misfits with his then wife Marilyn Monroe, the play was completed and produced at the Goodman Theatre, Chicago, just months before the playwright”s death in February 2005.
Broken Glass (1994) is set in Brooklyn in 1938 and intertwines a woman”s obsession with the news from Germany that government thugs are smashing Jewish stores, with her strange relationship with her husband. ‘It balances private lives with public morality. . . it is also an amazingly full-blooded piece, bursting with pain and passion.’ (
Daily Telegraph).
Mr Peters” Connections (1998) is an unforgettable journey through one man”s mind at a time of suspended consciousness, where the living and dead intermingle in his memory.
Resurrection Blues (2002) is Miller”s astonishing black comedy set in a South American banana republic, that satirises global politics and the predatory nature of a media saturated culture.
The volume also features a chronology of the writer”s work and an introduction by Enoch Brater, professor of English Literature at the University of Michigan.