A View from the Bridge at the Young Vic
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- 4 April - 7 June 2014 at the Young Vic
www.youngvic.org
Presented by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Limited.
The great Arthur Miller confronts the American dream in this dark and passionate tale, featuring Mark Strong (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Sherlock Holmes) and Nicola Walker (Last Tango in Halifax, Spooks).
In Brooklyn, longshoreman Eddie Carbone welcomes his Sicilian cousins to the land of freedom. But when one of them falls for his beautiful niece, 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.
The visionary Ivo van Hove (Roman Tragedies) directs a stunning new production of this tragic masterpiece.
Direction Ivo van Hove
Design and Light
Jan Versweyveld
Costumes An D'Huys
Sound Tom Gibbons
With
Emun Elliott
Phoebe Fox
Michael Gould
Richard Hansell
Luke Norris
Jonah Russell
Mark Strong
Nicola Walker
No production I've seen in 50 years of theatre going has left a stronger impression on me than this. 'Jaw-dropping' is a cliche but my mouth was literally hanging open at the end.
Agreed. The image is still burned into my memory.
So good, I'm glad I got the pleasure of seeing it twice. It's a refreshing take on the play that is very different to what you might expect!
The BEST performance ever!!!
Saw it in NYC as I'm an Ivo fan. Very good.
Awesome
Any one what the song is for this? Or what the instrument is?
where can i watch this performance
I would love to see this but unfortunately I live in Europe :/
Went to go see this with my high school English class a few years ago.
The guy playing Eddie was great and so was the actress playing Beatrice. Marco was pretty decent and you could see he was trying.
Catherine was really bad in my opinion. She kept taking me out of the play and whilst in the book Catherine was naive and a little childish, in the play this Catherine went a bit overboard with it and it got quite cringe worthy at times (and not in the way the book makes you feel uncomfortable). She probably had one of the hardest roles so props to her for trying her best, but it just didn't feel like good casting.
Rodolpho/Rodolfo was a mixed bag for me. He had the enthusiasm of the one from the book but throughout the entire play he always had this weird ass grin on his face, like he should be in the production of "The Book of Mormon" even when he's sitting in the background and it's not his turn yet (so he should look pretty blank so he doesn't take over the scene). I didn't dislike him though, but they could have casted better in my opinion. He also didn't have the Italian accent which didn't bother me too much but I know it annoyed others.
Solid production, with some gorgeously theatrical moments, but spoiled by terrible casting decisions.
saw this today, just curious which rolls you felt were miscast and why? i was definitely much more in love with the direction than the acting but couldn't put a finger on what was wrong
The actor playing Rodolfo (the blond Sicilian) didn't even attempt an Italian accent, or any Italian mannerisms and gestures. Plus he was nearly six foot tall, well-toned and masculine. The whole POINT of Eddie's jealous rage against him is that he's small, slight and effeminate. Eddie says Rodolfo would blow over if you 'close the newspaper too fast' near him. The actor playing Marco at least tried an Italian accent, and had made some effort to 'Italianise' his body language and gestures. Then, in the London production, the actor playing the lawyer couldn't hold the required New York accent, which kept taking me out of the play. I also felt that the role of Catherine was overacted. It's a hard part, no question, and perhaps it was a directorial conceit but she just came across as too childish for me. Thought Mark Strong was excellent, and his wife was powerful too. Overall, I enjoyed it, as I said.