A View from the Bridge @ Watford Pump House Theatre and Arts Centre

A modern staging of Arthur Miller’s timeless classic about deep-rooted and dangerously illicit desire. In Brooklyn, Longshoreman Eddie Carbone welcomes his wife Beatrice’s Sicilian immigrant cousins to the land of the free. But when one of them falls for Catherine, the beautiful niece that he and Beatrice have brought up as their own daughter, they discover that freedom comes at a price. Eddie’s jealous mistrust exposes a deep, unspeakable secret – one that drives him to commit the ultimate betrayal not only of his family but also the close-knit community in which they live, with devastating consequences.

Based on an apparently true story, told to Miller by a lawyer who worked with longshoremen, “A View from the Bridge” was first performed in 1956, when the United States was entering a period of great prosperity after the hardships of WW2. Immigrants were arriving in their droves from war- torn Europe in search of a new life, where hope, hard work and ambition could give them the longed-for American Dream. This production will give the play a modern twist with contemporary cultural references.

Brought to you by the award-winning Pump House Theatre Company.