The Price: A Play Miller, Arthur and 50 similar items

The Viking Press; 1968; Book Club Edition; Hardcover; Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Name inside, else unmarked; Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: "The Price" is considered one of Arthur Miller's finest plays. It was nominated for two Tony Awards, including Best Play. Written in 1967 and set one year later, it is a dramatic presentation of life-long family conflicts. The drama depicts a family betrayal played out by two brothers who came to adulthood during the Depression and chose very different careers. They now come together after sixteen years estrangement upon the need to clear a Manhattan brownstone full of family furniture. Long-held rivalries, resentments, and delusions surface when the two middle-aged protagonists meet amidst surroundings that prompt painful memories, most especially of a father who became immobilized after losing his wealth in the Crash of 1929. As they confront each other and negotiate with an elderly dealer in second-hand goods, the viewer - and reader - understands that the price takes on a meaning more profound than just what can be gotten for the furniture. The play is not all dismal, however, for Miller has written a great comic figure in the character of the 89-year-old furniture dealer, Gregory Solomon, a wise man who is both scoundrel and saint...Wikipedia: Arthur Asher Miller (1915?2005) was an American playwright and essayist. He was a prominent figure in American theatre, writing dramas that include plays such as All My Sons (1947), Death of a Salesman (1949), The Crucible (1953), and A View from the Bridge (1955).