Virtual Lobby — A View from the Bridge
This video explores the history of longshoremen, who play a central role in Long Wharf Theatre’s production of A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller
Read the program for our production of Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge.
Dig deeper into the themes of this production.
Videos Articles Music Books Production History
Videos: Learn more
- An interview with Arthur Miller from 1987 (BBC)
- Arthur Miller on the creation of A View from the Bridge
- Arthur Miller on the character of Eddie and historical context
- Birds of Passage – a clip from the PBS program The Italian Americans
Articles: Read more
- New York Times review of the original two one acts that became A View from the Bridge
- Red Hook history (from the Waterfront Museum)
- History of the International Longshoremen’s Association
- Library of Congress presentation on Italians in their Immigration and Relocation in US History series
- Birds of Passage: Making Sense of Italian Ancestors Who Made Multiple Trips In and Out of America by Katelyn Rohlf
- “For New Haven’s Italian Immigrants, the Village Took Care of Its Own” | New Haven Register
- “The Story of Connecticut’s Italians” | Wethersfield Historical Society
Music — Listen to a playlist curated by our Box Office team, inspired by A View from the Bridge.
(top)Books
Visit The New Haven Free Public Library or Possible Futures bookstore
- The Uprooted by Oscar Handlin
- Gianna Mia by Virginia J. Marangell [novel]
- New York Longshoremen: Class and Power on the Docks by William J. Mello
- The Italian American Experience in New Haven by Anthony J. Riccio
Production History
1981-82 Season Long Wharf production
1983 Broadway transfer of Long Wharf Theatre’s Production
- View the Playbill from the production
- Additional info on the 1983 Broadway production originally produced by Long Wharf Theatre
