Show how a production of A view from the Bridge can effectively
emphasise the dramatic tension in the play.
A view from the Bridge was written by Arthur Miller in 1955 as a 1 act
play and then in the following year of 1956 it was extended into a 2 act
play which is the version that is around today. There are many different
ways in which this play can be interpreted and these can be shown in
productions through the use of stagecraft.
In this essay I am going to use one particular part of the play to
show my interpretation of A view from the Bridge, It is an event that
happens in Act 2, when Eddie kisses Catherine and Rodolpho near the
The set that I am using in my production shows a "doll's house"
view of the Carbones dining room/living room, this is the main focus of
the stage and is raised a couple of feet on a platform to give the
impression that it is an apartment in a building and not a whole house.
In the center of the dining room/living room is a large old fashioned
wooden round table surrounded by matching chairs, in the corner of the
back wall to the left is a portable phonograph and on this same wall there
are two wooden doors that lead to the kitchen and a bedroom, it is not
possible to see the interior of either of these rooms, the doors just let you
know that they are there, they also lead off stage. At the front of the room
on the left is a homely old rocking chair with a half knitted garment draped
Directly below the platform a street is painted, there is a small flight
of steps from the street to the living/dining room. Like the living/dining
room it is in full view for the entire duration of the play to give the
audience the impression of the private life and public life that is so
This impression of the public life can also be shown through the
use of distant sound effects such as cars, horns beeping, shouting and
other such noises that wo...