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.Westport,with herself and her position—even offering toConn.: Greenwood Press, 148–150.share Lyman, although Bessie finally persuades herBalakian, Jan.“A Conversation with Arthur Miller.”to go home alone.She recognizes the inadequacyMichigan Quarterly Review 29 (Spring 1990):of her earlier conformist views regarding socialism158–170.and Christianity, and she seems ready for compro-Bigsby, Christopher.“The Ride down Mount Morgan.”mise, although this horrifies the others.Arthur Miller: A Critical Study.New York: Cam-bridge University Press, 2005, 366–380.Nurse Logan In comparison to most of the play’sBillington, Michael.“The Ride down Mount Morgan.”characters Nurse Logan lives a simple and unde-Guardian, November 1, 1991.In Theatre Record manding life in which her biggest pleasure is being11, no.22 (1991): 1,351.with her family fishing or buying shoes.Her compas-Borak, Jeffrey.“Miller at 80 Fine-Tuning Play’s Ameri-sionate response to Lyman helps lead the audience tocan Performance.” Berkshire Eagle, July 4, 1996: find something redeeming in his character and leadsB1, 4.Lyman to a better understanding of the mistakesBrantley, Ben.“Arthur Miller, Still Feeling the Painthat he has made.Maybe because she is Canadian,After the Fall.” New York Times, July 25, 1996, she is not as affected by the divisions that attendC13, 16.being in the United States.Perhaps, being black, sheBrustein, Robert.“The Ride Down Mount Rush-is more accustomed to living with conflict.more.” New Republic, September 16, 1996, 30–31.Centola, Steven R.“ ‘How to Contain the Impulse ofWilson, Tom Lyman’s lawyer and longtime friend,Betrayal:’ A Sartrean Reading of The Ride downTom Wilson, advises Lyman to lie and to be dis-Mount Morgan.” American Drama 6, no.1 (Fall honest because the truth is often hurtful.Such1996): 14–28.moments allow us to question Tom’s complicity,Christiansen, Richard.“Arthur Miller Opens Neweven though he finally takes a stand against hisPlay in London for Good Reason.” Chicago Tribune,friend.Self-effacing, Tom has lived vicariouslyNovember 13, 1991, sec.1, p.24.through Lyman, allowing him to take the risks.TomCoveney, Michael.“Bloody Roman Theater.” Observer,is a kind of Everyman figure in the play because weNovember 3, 1991, 64.are all prone to letting others live the sensationalHenry, William A., III.“Arthur Miller, Old Hat atlives as we stand by and watch—becoming virtualHome, Is a London Hit.” Time November 11, 1991,“Uncle Tom” figures in our “yes man” complacency;100–101.through the ineffectual figure of Tom, Miller warnsLewis, Peter.“Change of Scene for a Mellow Miller.”us against such complacency.Sunday Times, November 3, 1991, sec.6, p.6.Marino, Stephen A.“Images of the 90s: The RideMOVIE AND TELEVISION ADAPTATIONSDown Mt.Morgan and Broken Glass.” A Language Director Nicole Kassell has been working on a movieStudy of Arthur Miller’s Plays: The Poetic in the Col-version of this play for some time, starring Michaelloquial.New York: Mellen, 2002, 135–156.Douglas, but it has not been released to date.Naikar, Basavaraj.“The Ride down Mt.Morgan: ATragedy of Betrayal.” In Arthur Miller: TwentiethFURTHER READINGCentury Legend, edited by Syed Mashkoor Ali,Abbotson, Susan C.W.“From Loman to Lyman: The372–389.(Jaipur, India: Surabhi, 2006).Salesman Forty Years On.” In “The Salesman Has aNémth, Lenke.“Arthur Miller’s The Ride Down MountBirthday”: Essays Celebrating the Fiftieth Anniversary Morgan and the Family-Play Tradition.” Hungarian 023-354_Miller-p2.indd 3095/3/07 12:52:49 PM310 The Ryan Interview or How It Was Around HereJournal of English and American Studies 11, no.2dialogue and its “engagingly easygoing pace.” In(Fall 2005): 77–88.1996, the Actors Theater of Louisville mounted aOtten, Terry.“The Ride down Mount Morgan.” Theproduction that was later filmed for television.WithTemptation of Innocence in the Dramas of ArthurEddie Bracken and Ashley Judd; it was the first ofMiller.Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2002: Kentucky ETV’s dramas that were adapted from210–220.regional theaters for the PBS American Shorts series.Peter, John.“Review of Ride down Mt.Morgan.” Sun-This was aired in 2000.In 1998, when the Michiganday Times, November 3, 1991, sec.6, p.7.Quarterly Review was publishing a special issue on Reitz, Bernhard.“From Loman to Lyman: ArthurMiller, it was given permission to reprint the script,Miller’s Comedy.” Contemporary Drama in English:and the editor, Laurence Goldstein, described theNew Forms of Comedy.Trier: WVT Wissenschaftli-play as “a Chekhovian take on country life.”cher Verlag Trier, 1994, 93–105.On his 100th birthday, Mr.Ryan is being inter-Schlueter, June.“Scripting the Closing Scene: Arthurviewed by a young female reporter and is asked toMiller’s Ride down Mount Morgan.” In The Achieve-recount what he sees as the changes that he hasment of Arthur Miller, edited by Steven R.Centola, witnessed during his long life.He is able to provide143–150.(Dallas: Contemporary Research, 1995).her with a brief history of the area for the last cen-Siegel, Ed.“Miller Goes on Ride of Mirth, Morals.”tury.Declaring that nothing much has changed inBoston Globe, July 23, 1996, D1.the last 50 years, Ryan takes us back to the 1930sTyler, Christian.“Private View: The People’s Play-to find a real contrast.Back then, his stories imply,wright.” Financial Times, November 2, 1991, 24.people seemed more connected by their tolerance“Vaudeville at the Edge of the Cliff.” In Arthur Miller’s and humor, and Miller clearly sees this as now sadlyAmerica, edited by Enoch Brater, 164–173.(Annlost.The people and community that Ryan recallsArbor: University of Michigan Press, 2005).have vanished along with the farms in the area.Watts, Janet.“The Ride down Mount Miller.” Observer, In the 1990s, Ryan is a lonely man; he never mar-November 3, 1991, 59.ried, he lives by himself in an isolated farmhouse inZinman, Toby.“Interview with Patrick Stewart
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