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The Creation of the World and Other Business
The Creation of the World and Other Business
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Author: Arthur Miller Publisher: Dramatists Play Service (cover image may change) Format: Softcover # of Pages: 74 Pub. Date: 1973 ISBN-10: 0822202492 ISBN-13: 9780822202493 Cast Size: 1 female, 8 male
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About
the Play:
The Creation of the World and Other Business has long been a favourite of acting teachers for Male/Male Scenes.
The Creation of the World and Other Business is a
full-length comedic drama by Arthur Miller. An important and
remarkable play by a master dramatist which, with eloquence and
compassionate humour, goes to the very roots of human guilt and
responsibility: the Biblical struggle between God and Lucifer, with
Adam and Eve and Cain and Abel as their pawns.
The Creation of the World and Other Business is based on
the Biblical account and culminates in the conflict between Cain and
Abel. Dividing his play into "three questions on the human
dilemma," the author begins with a charming and gently humorous
retelling of Adam and Eve (and God) in the Garden of Eden. After
their expulsion from paradise, Eve gives birth to Cain, watched over
by a scheming Lucifer – who seeks to share the power of a God now
angered by the errant ways of his creations. In the concluding
portion of the play, with mounting dramatic intensity, Cain kills his
brother, Abel, and is sent out as a wanderer, as the final dilemma is
explored: "When every man wants justice, why does he go on
creating injustice?" Throughout the action, which alternates
scenes of sprightly humour with absorbing confrontations between God
and Lucifer and God and his fallible creations, the striking
pertinence of the play becomes ever more clear. It is a parable for
our time, and all time, rich with philosophic insights and alive with
vivid theatricality.
The Creation of the World and Other Business premiered in
1972 on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre. The play has become a favourite scene study vehicle in acting classes and workshops and has been mounted by high schools,
colleges, and community theatres.
Cast: 1 female, 8 male
What people say:
"…the sparkle, intellectual
bite and stimulating impact that a new dissertation on an ageless
subject should have." — Variety
"…Miller is reaching for new
insights into the human dilemma…." — Cue Magazine
"…imagination and an
unexpected vein of humor…." — New York Post
"Arthur Miller's
play The Creation of the World and Other Business
... raises significant issues, including those related to good and
evil as well as responsibility." — The Seattle Times
About the Playwright:
Arthur
Miller (1915-2005) is considered one of the great American
playwrights. During the Depression, finances were scarce and he paid
for his college tuition by working as a shipping clerk in a New York
factory. He later wrote his first plays in college. With a career
that spanned over 50 years, he wrote more than thirty plays that
transformed American Theatre and proved to be both the conscience and
redemption of the times. His probing dramas received many awards in
his lifetime, including two Emmy awards and three Tony Awards for his
plays, a Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement, and the Pulitzer Prize
for Drama in 1949, for Death of a Salesman.
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Arthur Miller, edited by Tony Kushner
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