Arthur Miller Plays Plays 5 : The Last Yankee; The Ride Down Mount Morgan; Almost Everybody Wins

Description

The fifth volume of Miller's plays reissued with a new jacket in the Methuen Drama World Classics series to coincide with the publication of the sixth and final volume of his plays. This fifth volume of Arthur Miller's work contains two plays from the early nineties: his highly acclaimed The Last Yankee (1993), 'a fine and moving play Like all Miller's best work, it effortlessly links private and public worlds by connecting personal desperation to insane American values' (Guardian); and The Ride Down Mount Morgan (1991), which explores themes of bigamy and betrayal, 'searching, scorching, harsh but compassionate' (Sunday Times). Also contained in the volume is Almost Everybody Wins, the original version of the screenplay Arthur Miller wrote for Karel Reisz's film, Everybody Wins. 'The greatest American dramatist of our age.' Evening Standard

Promotion info

Rejacketed and reissued to coincide with the publication of the sixth and final volume of Miller's plays in the Methuen Drama World Classics seriesMiller is regarded as one of the greatest playwrights of the twentieth centuryHis plays are frequently revived and are studied on Literature and Drama courses from GCSE upwardsThe Ride Down Mount Morgan: 'This is the funniest play he has written. But under the comic trimmings a serious moral and pyschological argument is going on' Sunday TimesThe Last Yankee: 'A fine and moving play What makes this a first rate play is that Miller allows the ideas to grow from the characters' Guardian

Author description

Arthur Miller (1915-2005) was arguably the most important playwright of the twentieth century whose oeuvre includes plays, novels, screenplays, essays and an autobiography.

Table of contents

The Last Yankee; The Ride Down Mount Morgan; Almost Everybody Wins