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Review: All My Sons

First written all the way back in 1946, Arthur Miller’s All My Sons is a staple in the theatre community, and after multiple revivals on Broadway and around the world, as well as two movie adaptations, it presents a unique challenge to contemporary performers to justify their own unique spin on such well-worn pages. Bedlam’s current roster […]

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The Crucible

For school students like those from the American High School Theatre Festival, just putting a play like The Crucible on at the Fringe is a remarkable enough achievement. Arthur Miller’s acclaimed piece of American theatre, with its period language and colloquialisms, is a difficult play to read and grasp in full. This young cast however […]

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An Interview with: A View From the Bridge

A View From the Bridge is one of the more popular plays studied in English literature classes, but it is also an example of some of Arthur Miller’s genius when portraying the conflicts of people’s daily lives – and next week, it will be gracing the stage of Bedlam Theatre. It is the narrator of […]

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Introducing: Arthur Miller

Theatre has been tremendously important in my life and so, choosing between such iconic players is no easy task. So, believe me when I say, the impact of Arthur Miller’s work as inspiration to my character and as a writer has been profound.   Arthur Miller was just 33 years old when Death of a […]

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The Crucible

Image courtesy of Philippa Oliver. The Crucible at Bedlam Theatre Run Ended In honour of Arthur Miller’s 100th birthday, the Bedlam Theatre toasts the playwright this week in showcasing one of his classics, The Crucible. Set in 1692 colonial Massachusetts, the play is based on the true events of the notorious Salem witch trials where […]