The Price

The Price is probably the most produced of his later plays. Casting not complete yet but can def see this coming to WE.

Yes I'd seen that, its only a four hander so you would think they could sort the remaining two.

Saw this, this afternoon and have to say thankfully Arthur Miller is Jewish, if a non-Jew wrote this it would be deemed as anti-semitic, by which I mean David Suchet who just happens to be Jewish and utterly brilliant and at the top of his game, plays an equivalent of a 20th century Fagin. But saying that even though it is a play that stereotypes a race it is equally very enjoyable and deserves a transfer and shows Arthur Miller for what he is and that is purely ingenious, which I saw Danny Devito, Mark Ruffalo and Tony Shauloub on Broadway

4 Stars

showgirl , the 2 play day is reasonably easy from London, the evening performance of Switzerland finishes at 9:20 so easy to catch the 10:00 train back to London for 11:30, with the added benefit of great day out in Bath.

Both The Price and Switzerland are excellent plays and both deserve a life outside Bath.

David Suchet was worth the trip alone, whenever he was on stage the energy levels lifted, the role is particularly one dimensional allowing an imposing approach whilst the brothers had to be more reserved to allow the dynamic of their relationship ebb and flow, found their backstory especially resonant as their relationship is close to mine with my brother which amplified the emotional intensity.

Switzerland was a completely different beast, a play that on the surface appears a simple story which builds into something completely unexpected, still not sure I grasped it all, will look to read some Ripley books in the near future.

In the end 3 weekends away, Bath, Chichester and Stratford Upon Avon (technically the 1st Sep), this weekend spent in the gorgeous St John’s Garden in Regent’s Park for The Lord Chamberlain’s Men The Tempest which is technically away from my usual London haunts.

Now looking out for the running time of Vulcan 7 which is on the evening that I have booked the matinee of In Praise of Love to make a day of my next visit.

I saw this play in the 1980s. It is one of his most “theatrical” plays - that very first scene, a real opportunity for an actor to show off.

Oh I was way too young then, was that the last production to be done in London? It’s a great play and one of Miller’s lesser plays.

The Tricycle production, directed by Sean Holmes and starring Warren Mitchell, transferred to the Apollo in 2003.

Thank you, but I did look into it and would either be unable to get home from Reading (where I'd normally change to/from Bath) or London - and as I've left it so late, fares would be prohibitive anyway.  So I'll hope for a transfer or either or both.

However, I'm glad your weekends away are proving so successful; I've certainly had an absolute ball on my 2 trips to Stratford-On-Avon and am looking forward to York again in 6 weeks or so.  @cardinalpirelli made a good point about having the occasional break from theatre-going but I've found that continuing to see productions but varying the area has worked wonders - though I have been lucky with my choices.

Hoping this comes into London. A cracker.

That was the one and only UK production I think - and the world premiere. There was an amateur production of it a couple of years ago but I could not go.

I saw No Villain a few years ago when it was staged at the Old Red Lion, London, and was pleased we got tickets. As said about this play from 1936 by the 20 year old Miller at the time of its 2015 revival, it included several of the concerns and themes that Miller's other and better known works developed. Not a great play but really interesting all the same.

I'm pleased to see this thread, as it draws other towns' and cities' attention to The Price featuring David Suchet and Brendan Coyle which I see has been well reviewed and reads like it deserves a tour of whatever duration. I was delighted to have my tickets for Theatre Royal Bath arrive recently, and having been intrigued to see a UK premiere production of a play I'd not heard of, Switzerland featuring Phyllis Logan as writer Patricia Highsmith, got tickets for that in the nearby Ustinov Studio while we're down in Bath from London. I've been away from London in late August before and wherever it has been has usually had nothing on stage either because near-bank holiday days made it not worth a theatre's while or some production or other was not yet due in from that month's Edinburgh Festival, or a university town was missing staff and students at holiday time. So you can imagine how pleasing it was to see two such special-sounding productions still available as the end of the month approaches.