| I'm glad you got to see A View from the Bridge. I sat in the mezzanine also, seat FF-12. I agree that the production was thought provoking and the performances excellent, notably Andrus Nichols. Miller's text makes it clear that Eddie has unnatural feelings toward Catherine -- maybe it's lust, maybe he just wants to keep and possess her as a pure, young child-woman. Beatrice is, of course, aware of Eddie's obsession. When I say what is happening is not real, I am referring to Van Hoven's unique vision of Miller's play, i.e., the way Catherine is dressed, Eddie's intimate touching of her early in the play, everyone being barefoot when they enter the rectangle, the blood raining down from above at the show's conclusion. I just don't see how these things can be real -- they are a stylized interpretation, possibly the way they are unfolding in Eddie's mind. How would you explain them? |
