The Price (1968 play)

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The Price is a 1968 drama by Arthur Miller that explores family conflict, memory, and the cost of life choices through the reunion of two estranged brothers selling their late father's possessions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drama
play
stage play
author Arthur Miller NERFINISHED
broadwayTheatre Morosco Theatre NERFINISHED
centralConflict dispute between brothers over their father’s legacy and past choices
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
dramaticStructure memory play elements
firstBroadwayProductionYear 1968
firstPublishedIn 1968
genre drama
family drama
hasBroadwayRevival 1992 Broadway revival
1999 Broadway revival
2017 Broadway revival
hasCharacterRelationship Victor Franz and Esther Franz are husband and wife
Victor Franz and Walter Franz are brothers
hasDialogueForm realist drama
hasDramatist Arthur Miller NERFINISHED
isPartOf Arthur Miller’s later plays
literaryPeriod 20th-century American drama
mainCharacter Esther Franz NERFINISHED
Gregory Solomon NERFINISHED
Victor Franz NERFINISHED
Walter Franz NERFINISHED
notableCharacterOccupation Victor Franz is a policeman NERFINISHED
Walter Franz is a successful doctor NERFINISHED
numberOfActs 2
originalLanguage English
plotSummary Two estranged brothers reunite to sell their late father’s furniture and confront their past decisions and resentments.
premiereDate 1968
publicationYear 1968
publisher The Viking Press
surface form: Viking Press
setting New York City
an attic apartment
subject economic hardship
family conflict
life choices
memory
regret
sibling rivalry
theme the burden of family duty
the cost of personal sacrifice
the impact of the Great Depression on one family
the unreliability of memory
timePeriod 1960s
writer Arthur Miller NERFINISHED

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Gregory Solomon firstAppearance The Price (1968 play)
Victor Franz firstAppearanceIn The Price (1968 play)
this entity surface form: "The Price" (1968 play)
Walter Franz firstAppearance The Price (1968 play)