Arthur Miller’s deeply moving drama reunites two long estranged middle-aged brothers. Nostalgia and recrimination erupt as they sell off an attic full of furniture, their last link to a family and a world that no longer exists. This 1968 classic is a wrenching saga of plaintive gestures and missed opportunities. A co-production with the BBC. Recorded at the BBC Broadcasting House, London in March 1989. Directed by Martin Jenkins Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording featuring: Richard Dreyfuss as Victor Franz Amy Irving as Esther Franz Timothy West as Gregory Solomon Harris Yulin as Walter Franz
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“In this intimate and compelling drama, Victor and Esther Franz stand in the attic of Victor’s late father’s brownstone apartment building in the heart of New York City. The award-winning Richard Dreyfuss and Amy Irving bring such a familiarity and naturalism to these roles the listener can sense the stillness and the dust in the attic and feel the characters sifting through a lifetime of memories…The entire cast finds majestic sadness and life in every word of this classic by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Arthur Miller. American theater at its best.”
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Arthur Miller (1915–2005) was born in New York City, studied at the University of Michigan, and received honorary degrees from both Oxford and Harvard. He was a multi-award-winning author, having won the Avery Hopwood Award, the John F. Kennedy Lifetime Achievement Award, two Emmy Awards, two New York Drama Critics Circle Awards, three Tony Awards, and countless others.
Timothy West is an acclaimed actor who played the role of Sir Leicester Dedlock in the Masterpiece Theatre presentation of Bleak House. He is a frequent narrator of audiobooks.
Richard Dreyfuss is an Academy Award–winning actor who has appeared in such blockbuster films as Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Jaws. In 1977 he became the youngest man to win the Oscar for Best Actor, which he won for his performance in The Goodbye Girl. He also appeared in Stand by Me, What about Bob?, The American President, and Mr. Holland’s Opus, among many other films.
Amy Irving is known for her numerous film roles as well as acclaimed roles on Broadway and off-Broadway. She received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film Yentl, Golden Globe nominations for her performances in the films Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna and Crossing Delancey, and an Obie Award for her stage performance in The Road to Mecca. More recently she appeared in the films Traffic, Tuck Everlasting, and Thirteen Conversations about One Thing.
Harris Yulin is an Emmy-nominated stage, film, and television actor who is best known for his work in Scarface, Training Day, Rush Hour 2, and his appearances in Frasier, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Law & Order. He has also directed a number of plays, including This Lime Tree Bower, Don Juan in Hell, and Intimacy.
Bleak December Inc. is a multimedia company founded by Canadian actor and filmmaker Anthony D.P. Mann.