Plays: The Last Yankee/The Ride Down Mt. Morgan/Almost Everybody Wins

by Arthur Miller

Fifth volume of plays in the reissued Arthur Miller Collection This fifth volume of Arthur Miller's work contains two plays from the early nineties: his highly acclaimed The Last Yankee (1993), 'a fine and moving play Like all Miller's best work, it effortlessly links private and public worlds by connecting personal desperation to insane American values' (Guardian); and The Ride Down Mount Morgan (1991), which explores themes of bigamy and betrayal, 'searching, scorching, harsh but compassionate' (Sunday Times). Also contained in the volume is Almost Everybody Wins, the original version of the screenplay Arthur Miller wrote for Karel Reisz's film, Everybody Wins."The greatest American dramatist of our age" (Evening Standard)

Paperback

First published January 29, 2009

About the author

Works of American playwright Arthur Asher Miller include Death of a Salesman (1949), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize, and The Crucible (1953).


This essayist, a prominent figure in literature and cinema for over 61 years, composed a wide variety, such as celebrated A View from the Bridge and All My Sons , still studied and performed worldwide. Miller often in the public eye most famously refused to give evidence to the un-American activities committee of the House of Representatives, received award for drama, and married Marilyn Monroe. People at the time considered the greatest Miller.

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Reviews

[orl3gh · Rating 5 out of 5]

I just bloody love Arthur Miller. All of the plays in this collection were fantastic (as per) but Almost Everybody Wins was absolutely the standout.

[Santiago Acevedo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Everybody wins