In Amy Herzog’s play 4000 Miles, life unexpectedly throws Leo and Vera together. They are drastically different, with Leo in biking attire and casual jeans […]
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4000 Miles takes place in Vera Joseph’s apartment in the West Village of New York City. Vera is 91 years old and has lived in the same apartment since the 1950s…
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A Journey Across 4000 Miles
Social psychologist Edward T. Hall has suggested four types of spatial distance between individuals. The first, intimate distance, ranges from actual contact to about 18 inches…
At first, Leo and Vera seem to be an unlikely pair. Leo is 21-years-old, while Vera stands at 91 years young. Leo enjoys riding his bike cross-country…
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All’s Fair in Love and War
Throughout the centuries the likenesses of love and war have proved intriguing. In literature, the idea that love and war belong to a distinctive sphere beyond regular rules of fairness is first attributed to poet…
Patrick Holt is renowned for his stunning, detailed costume renderings, as pictured below. His costume designs for An Enemy of the People encapsulate the 1950s era…
An Enemy of the People takes place in a Norwegian town circa 1950. McKay Coble‘s scenic design puts the audience directly in this specific setting by utilizing contrasts between a stark, industrial water feature and an inviting family home.
Although An Enemy of the People was written by Henrik Ibsen in 1882 and adapted by Arthur Miller in the 1950s, director Tom Quaintance believes it is as relevant today as it was for those eras…
In 1950, Arthur Miller was commissioned to adapt Ibsen’s play by the actor-director Robert Lewis, a prominent member of the seminal Group Theatre…