" A View From The Bridge" presented by Amphibian Stage Productions

A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE

The Amphibian Theater of Fort Worth often presents live screenings of productions from the National Theater located in London.  The plays are show at the Magnolia Theater at The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.  They recently presented Arthur Miller's play "A View From The Bridge".

Amphibian Stage.


National Theatre Live


The Travelling Toe and 2 other friends attended the Wednesday afternoon showing of the play.  

The play opens with the local attorney narrating  the story of a Brooklyn longshoreman, Eddie Carbone, his wife Beatrice and his niece Catherine. Eddie and Beatrice have raised Catherine since she was a young child when her mother, Beatrice's sister, died. Eddie is very protective of Catherine (hint, hint).

Into this family dynamic, comes two Sicilian cousins who arrive at their house to stay and find jobs.  The cousins have entered the country illegally.  One of the cousins,  Mario, needs to work hard in order to send money back to Sicily to his wife and sick children. The other cousin, young handsome Rodolfo, wants to explore NYC, the American life and to become a citizen.  Rodolfo becomes attracted to Catherine - and she to him.

When Eddie sees this, he becomes very jealous of the attraction between the two young lovers. He is driven  by his own demons to commit an unforgivable betrayal of the 2 brothers.  The play ends in a fight scene among the players and someone is killed...but who?   Well, dear readers, The Travelling Toe never reveals an ending.

The drama was staged within a square setting and without any scenery which just added to the stark and depressing feel of the play.   Additional all the actors played the entire production barefoot. It ran about 2 hours and 15 minutes with no intermission.  This helped to build the emotions of the players and it was obvious that something good was not going to happen...there would be no happy ending.

Arthur Miller's plays often are dark and this one certainly is - almost like a Shakespearean tragedy.  Certainly this play will not have you walking away with a smile on your face but it will give you lots of "views" to discuss.

Arthur Miller

The very handsome British actor, Mark Strong, played Eddie and Nicola Walker played his wife Beatrice.  They are both excellent actors and did wonderfully in their roles.   

Mark Strong

Nicola Walker

Cast and Creative Team
List of Credits