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Here in America review " Miller and Kazan test the bonds of friendship in McCarthy-era witch-hunt drama by Arifa Akbar

Orange Tree theatre, LondonDavid Edgar's play on the anti-communist Hollywood blacklists of the 1950s is clunky in its set-up, but offers a lively take on the personal politics of art and ideology In the 1950s, four years apart, the director Elia Kazan and the playwright Arthur Miller were subpoenaed to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. As friends and collaborators, Kazan had once been a memb…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PM on September 25, 2024

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