A Memory of Two Mondays

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A Memory of Two Mondays is a play by Arthur Miller.

The one-acter, based on Miller's own experiences, focuses on a group of disparate and desperate workers struggling to make a living in a Brooklyn automobile parts warehouse during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Concentrating more on character than plot, it explores the dreams of a young man yearning for a college education in the midst of people stumbling through life in a haze of hopelessness and despondency.

Paired with the original one-act version of A View from the Bridge, the first Broadway production, directed by Martin Ritt, opened on September 29, 1955 at the Coronet Theatre, where it ran for 149 performances. The cast included Van Heflin, J. Carrol Naish, Jack Warden, Eileen Heckart, and Richard Davalos, who won the Theatre World Award for his performance.

In 1959, Miller adapted the play for an ITV broadcast starring Alan Bates [1].

After seven previews, a Broadway revival directed by Arvin Brown opened on January 26, 1976 at the Playhouse Theatre where, paired this time with 27 Wagons Full of Cotton by Tennessee Williams, it ran for 67 performances. The cast included Thomas Hulce, John Lithgow, Tony Musante, Meryl Streep, and Joe Grifasi.

Miller adapted the play for a 1974 television movie directed by Paul Bogart. The cast included George Grizzard, Barnard Hughes, Estelle Parsons, Catherine Burns, Jerry Stiller, J. D. Cannon, Harvey Keitel, Tony Lo Bianco, Kristoffer Tabori, Dick Van Patten, and Jack Warden.

[edit] 1976 awards and nominations

  • Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play (Streep, nominee)
  • Theatre World Award (Streep, winner)
  • Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play (Streep, nominee)
  • Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Leonardo Cimino and Roy Poole, nominees)
  • Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Alice Drummond, nominee)
  • Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play (nominee)
  • Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design (nominee)
  • Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design (nominee)
  • Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design (nominee)
  • Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival (nominee)

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The Works of Arthur Miller
Plays
Honors at Dawn | The Man Who Had All the Luck | All My Sons | Death of a Salesman | An Enemy of the People | The Crucible | A View From the Bridge | Incident At Vichy | The Price | In Russian | The Creation of the World and Other Business | The American Clock | A Memory of Two Mondays | Up from Paradise | The Archbishop's Ceiling | The Last Yankee | Everybody Wins | The Ride Down Mt. Morgan | Broken Glass | Mr. Peters' Connections | Resurrection Blues | Finishing the Picture
Other works
Focus | "The Misfits" (short story) | I Don't Need You Anymore (short stories)| Homely Girl: A Life (three short stories) | Timebends (autobiography) | On Politics and the Art of Acting (speech)
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