A View From The Bridge

A View From The Bridge at Wyndhams Theatre

Why see A View From The Bridge?

Nominated for SEVEN and winner of three oliviers!

The Young Vic's powerful and stripped back revival of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge comes to the Wyndhams Theatre, with Mark Strong returning in the role of tortured longshoreman Eddie Carbone and Phoebe Fox as his precocious teenage niece Catherine. Ivo van Hove's production is a stripped back affair with "naked" sets to focus on the characterisation and to give it a highly tense feel.

WHAT IS A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE ABOUT?

Eddie Carbone is an Italian-American longshoreman working the docks in Brooklyn, where he lives with his wife Beatrice and orphaned daughter Catherine. Catherine, now in her teens is blossoming into a woman, much to Eddie's discomfort. His anxiety over her budding sexuality increases when his wife's cousins arrive from Sicily illegally, in the hope of securing work and sharing in the American Dream. Marco, tall dark and brooding wants to send money back to his wife and child that he left behind; he differs from his ebullient younger brother Rodolpho, who is flamboyant and optimistic; he catches Catherine's eye, and earns Eddie's instant dislike.

The house becomes a tense atmospheric battle of wills between alpha males Marco and Eddie, and results in an emotionally charged confrontation where boundaries are grossly overstepped, leading to a betrayal with massive consequences for all involved.

Key Information

Audience

Suitable for ages 12+

Run Time

Two hours with interval

Dates

Finished 11 Apr 2015

Cast

Mark Strong - Eddie

Nicola Walker - Beatrice

Phoebe Fox - Catherine

Creative

Direction - Ivo van Hove

Design and Light - Jan Versweyveld

Costumes - An D'Huys

Sound - Tom Gibbons

Dramaturg - Bart Van den Eynde

Awards

2015 OLIVIER AWARD WINS

Best Revival
Best Director
Best Actor - Mark Strong

2015 Olivier Award Nominations

Best Revival
White Light Award for Best Lighting Design
Best Director
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Best Actor - Mark Strong
XL Video Award for Best Set Design
Best Sound Design

Reviews

Customer reviews

Frances Bildner

Absolutely riveting

I loved everything about this play. The writing and the acting both superb. American accents were done well Dominic West was magnificent See it before it goes Highly recommended ... Read more
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