Acknowledged as one of the great classics of the twentieth century, this electrifying and deeply moving play proved to be a milestone in American theatrical history.
Dockworker Eddie Carbone (Ken Stott) has made a good life for himself and his wife Beatrice (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) and niece Catherine (Hayley Atwell) in 1950’s Brooklyn. As a former immigrant himself, Eddie is happy to house and protect his wife’s Italian cousins who arrive illegally in pursuit of the ‘American Dream’. What Eddie doesn’t know is that this act of kindness will have a shattering effect on his whole life, and the lives of those he loves.
A View from the Bridge was directed by Lindsay Posner and opened at the Duke of York’s Theatre for a limited season in January 2009.