{"product_id":"9781350354425-arthur-miller-plays-6-broken-glass-mr-peters-connections-resurrection-blues-finishing-the-picture","title":"Arthur Miller Plays 6","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBroken Glass; Mr Peters' Connections; Resurrection Blues; Finishing the Picture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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\" (\u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing two plays from the 1990s and his final two plays (2002 and 2004), it offers the first ever publication of Miller's final play, \u003ci\u003eFinishing the Picture\u003c\/i\u003e. Inspired by his experience during the filming of \u003ci\u003eThe Misfits\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBroken Glass\u003c\/i\u003e (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.\" (\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMr Peters' Connections\u003c\/i\u003e (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. \u003ci\u003eResurrection Blues \u003c\/i\u003e(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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40701059367009,"sku":"9781350354425","price":21.05,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27582205.jpg?v=1721893632","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781350354425-arthur-miller-plays-6-broken-glass-mr-peters-connections-resurrection-blues-finishing-the-picture","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}