RARE MILLER ON STAGE

Forward, February, 2006 by Eliassian, Helen

Eliassian, Helen Forward 02-03-2006 The Jewish Theatre of the South pays tribute to playwright Arthur Miller, who died in February 2005, with a production of one of his last works, "The Ride Down Mount Morgan." The play focuses on the life of Lyman Felt, a seemingly successful businessman, who goes crashing down Mount Morgan in his Porsche and is consequently forced to face the contradictions of his life as he lies in a hospital bed: Lyman is simultaneously married two women who, due to the circumstances at hand, meet for the first time.

Many aspects of this lesser-known satirical work parallel Miller's most celebrated play, "Death of a Salesman." In both 'The Ride Down Mount Morgan" and "Death of a Salesman," the protagonists (respectfully Lyman and Willy...

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