No Villain
No Villain is a play written by Arthur Miller during his sophomore year of college in 1936, during spring break.[1] This was his first work, reportedly written in five days in the hope of winning a $250 Hopwood Award in drama, the first of two that he won. No Villain explores Marxist theory and inner conflict through an individual facing ruin as a result of a strike.
Plot
In the first scene, the audience is introduced to the Simons, an immigrant family, in their parlor, anxiously awaiting the return of their son from university. The Simons were once successful, but appear to have fallen upon rough times.
World première
The play was rediscovered by British theatre director Sean Turner, and received its world première at the Old Red Lion Theatre in London, UK, in December 2015.[2]
In June 2016, the production transferred to Trafalgar Studios in London's West End.
References
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- No Villain
- They Too Arise
- Honors at Dawn
- The Golden Years (radio play)
- That They May Win
- The Man Who Had All the Luck
- All My Sons
- Death of a Salesman
- An Enemy of the People (adapted)
- The Crucible
- A View from the Bridge
- A Memory of Two Mondays
- After the Fall
- Incident at Vichy
- The Price
- The Creation of the World and Other Business
- The Archbishop's Ceiling
- The American Clock
- Up from Paradise
- Elegy for a Lady
- Some Kind of Love Story
- The Ride Down Mt. Morgan
- The Last Yankee
- Broken Glass
- Mr. Peters' Connections
- Resurrection Blues
- Finishing the Picture
- Focus
- Homely Girl: A Life
- The Hook (1947)
- Let's Make Love (1960)
- The Misfits (1961)
- Death of a Salesman (1985)
- Everybody Wins (1990)
- The Crucible (1996)
- Marilyn Monroe (second wife)
- Inge Morath (third wife)
- Rebecca Miller (daughter)
- Joan Copeland (sister)
- Arthur Miller: Writer (2017 documentary)
- Willy Loman (character)
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