"...two brilliant new [1986] one-act plays by Arthur Miller ... His ironically compassionate 
awareness touches all our lives." --Hollywood Reporter. 

"Arthur Miller is the American Ibsen." --Time Magazine. 

"Arthur Miller's admirable voice of conscience remains firm as always."--NY Times.


DANGER:MEMORY! Two Plays by 
Arthur Miller 

 

 

January 2000 

at Theatre Charlotte 

 

 

 

Gloria King / George Gray 

I Can't Remember Anything

A gentle, poignant study of two old friends, an elderly man and woman, who live in nearby houses and often take their meals together. She is a wealthy widow whose life seems to have come to a stop after her husband's death; he is a retired draftsman, a doctrinaire Communist who was her husband's best friend despite the radical differences in life styles and political outlook. Both lament the passing of better days, the lack of contact with loved ones, and the loss of memory which clouds the meaningfulness of the time left to them. 

Jan Notzon / Craig Spradley / Jennifer Keddy / David Brown 

Clara

A powerful and moving drama in which an aging father is forced to come to grips with the crushing reality of his daughter's senseless murder. Grilled relentlessly by a dispassionate detective, the father is unable to bring his memory into focus until, in the trenchant monologue recalling a disquieting incident from his wartime experience, the past suddenly clarifies the present and, relieving the father's tortured conscience, unlocks the damning evidence the detective has been seeking