The play was profiled in the William Goldman book The Season: A Candid Look at Broadway.Ī UK revival of the play was staged from August 9 to Augat the Theatre Royal, Bath to mark the 50th anniversary of the original run. The Price lost in the 'Best Play' category to Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. The Price was nominated for two 1968 Tony Awards, for Best Play (Arthur Miller, writer Robert Whitehead, producer) and Best Scenic Design (Boris Aronson). The opening cast included Harold Gary as Gregory Solomon, Pat Hingle as Victor Franz, Kate Reid as Esther Franz, and Arthur Kennedy as Walter Franz. The play closed on Februafter 429 performances. The play opened on Broadway at the Morosco Theatre on Februwhere it played until the production moved to the 46th Street Theatre on November 18, 1968. Miller stated that he wrote the play as a response to the Vietnam War and the 'avant-garde plays that to one or another degree fit the absurd styles.' Productions It was nominated for two 1968 Tony Awards. The play premiered on Broadway in 1968, and has been revived four times on Broadway. It is about family dynamics, the price of furniture and the price of one's decisions. The Price is a two-act play written in 1967 by Arthur Miller.
The attic of a to-be-demolished brownstone apartment building, New York City
