CHRONOLOGY COMMENTARY Historical, social and cultural contexts Genre and themes Play as performance Production history Academic debate Behind the scenes Further study PLAY TEXT NOTES
After the Fall is one of Miller's most personal plays, looking at the impact of one's personal and political experiences, on the present. This Methuen Drama Student Edition features commentary and notes by Ramón Espejo-Romero (University of Seville, Spain).
Arthur Miller (1915-2005) was arguably the greatest American playwright of the twentieth century. Hist most famous work for the stage includes Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, All My Sons and A View from the Bridge. Six volumes of his plays and a volume of his theatre essays are published by Methuen Drama. Ramón Espejo-Romero (volume editor) is Professor in the Department of English and American Literature at the University of Seville, Spain, where he has been teaching American Literature and Culture for over 20 years. Susan C. W. Abbotson (series editor) is Professor of Dramatic Literature at Rhode Island College, USA.
Because After the Fall takes place entirely in Quentin’s mind, all
of us are privy to his abject self-pity, cynicism and
self-reproach. By extension - because he is the mythic Everyman -
we, too, are guilty. We’ve all been kicked out of Eden. We’re all
branded. But like every biblical hero who harbors the dream of
salvation, Quentin is not without hope, even in the midst of the
Red Scare. He wants to smash the false idols within himself.
*LA Times*
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