After the Fall
by Arthur Miller

Broadway
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Highlights

105 mins Present Day Room for Extras Unit Set/Multiple Settings Period Costumes

Synopsis

Arthur Miller’s pain-wracked drama is considered by some to be his most mature and possibly most personal, as it seems to mirror Miller’s own divorce closely.

This piece is a powerful and moving study of a contemporary man struggling to come to terms with himself and his world by probing back into the revealing and often painful events of his past.

The play takes place inside the mind of a Jewish New Yorker named Quentin who decides to look back on his life when deciding whether or not to marry his most recent love, Holga.

Press Reviews

"A powerful and moving study of a contemporary man struggling to come to terms with himself and his world by probing back into the revealing and often painful events of his past. Rejoice that Arthur Miller is back with a play worthy of his mettle."

— The New York Times

"A beautiful, remarkable play."

— NY World-Telegram & Sun

Characters

Character
Felice

A divorced dancer

Holga

Quentin’s prospective third wife

Mother

Quentin’s mother

Dan

Quentin’s brother

Father

Quentin’s father

Maggie

Quentin’s deceased second wife

Elsie

Lou’s wife

Louise

Quentin’s divorced first wife

Lou

A professor facing dismissal for his Communist past.

Mickey

A lawyer repudiated for his Communist past.

Carrie

Maggie’s maid.

Doctor
Nurses
Woman With Parrot
Man In The Park
Chairman
Reverend Harley Barnes
Porter
Secretary
Lucas
Clergyman
Quentin

A lawyer in his forties

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After the Fall by Arthur Miller, Holga's Monologue, German Accent

Publication

ISBN-13 9780822200109
ISBN-10 0822200104

After the Fall is a play written by Arthur Miller and published by Dramatists Play Service .

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Restrictions: Major Markets Plus (US) / Standard Plus Add'l Postcodes (UK)

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