The Bite Magazine - Spring 2019 - Issue 24

bite theatre J ust a short walk away from London’s famous Waterloo train station, The Old Vic, a 200 year old theatre played host to the latest offerings of an Arthur Miller play, this time The American Clock , based on The Great Depression which took hold of America for a solid decade (1929-39) and that sent Wall Street into chaos, bankrupting a great deal of wealthy investors and displacing thousands of Americans. It was considered the worst economic decline in Industrialised history. One could wonder how such a bleak period of history could be re-imagined for the stage. Firstly, just the fact that it’s an Arthur Miller play was enough for some people to book this show. Many people THEATRE REVIEW Images courtesy of The Old Vic. Photos by Manuel Harlan Cast of The American Clock Taheen Modak in The American Clock