L'orologio americano
Following the masterpieces Death of a Salesman and All My Sons, De Capitani’s new Miller takes us into the heart of the Great Depression and the economic and existential crisis that swept across America in 1929. The American Clock is a sweeping ensemble portrait, a form of total theatre that the director sets, somewhere between Brecht and Fellini, in a circus-cabaret filled with striking contemporary echoes.
An entire community comes to life on stage, its members arriving from every corner of the United States. A multitude of characters cross paths with the life of Lee Baum, the narrator, and with that of his family, a reflection of the playwright’s own: once very wealthy, they saw their privileges vanish with the collapse of the New York Stock Exchange, quickly sliding into poverty.
Following the masterpieces Death of a Salesman and All My Sons, De Capitani’s new Miller takes us into the heart of the Great Depression and the economic and existential crisis that swept across America in 1929. The American Clock is a sweeping ensemble portrait, a form of total theatre that the director sets, somewhere between Brecht and Fellini, in a circus-cabaret filled with striking contemporary echoes.
An entire community comes to life on stage, its members arriving from every corner of the United States. A multitude of characters cross paths with the life of Lee Baum, the narrator, and with that of his family, a reflection of the playwright’s own: once very wealthy, they saw their privileges vanish with the collapse of the New York Stock Exchange, quickly sliding into poverty.
