Searing drama at its absolute finest

The Price, at the Marylebone Theatre until 7 June 2026, is a pinnacle production of Arthur Miller's searing drama.

First premiered on Broadway in 1968, the play continues to have a genuine resonance nearly 60 years later.

This production gives us masterful performances from four actors at the absolute top of their games, tightly binding us into in the taught and fractured relationships of the four characters.

These are (in order of appearance) Elliot Cowan as Victor Franz; Henry Goodman as Gregory Solomon; Faye Castelow as Esther Franz and John Hopkins as Walter Franz.

The alternating interaction between the four is pitch-perfect, as itmust be for the full impact of The Price to be achieved.

The ultimate confrontation between Elliot Cowan's Victor and John Hopkins as Walter, in particular, is a gripping verbal prize-fight.

The almost universal acclaim for this production of The Price is so well deserved.

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Relationships rooted in our own lives

The stage is set for The Price, as soon as one enters the auditorium, literally.

A New York attic cluttered with dust covers on furniture, an old harp standing sadly at one end, assorted lamps in tilted shades and a random collection of bric-a-brac, including an epee and a sculling oar.

All stored at odd times long ago and obviously forgotten.

Do we not all have a similar place?

An attic or basement stocked with all manner of things we no longer want in our lives, but somehow cannot bring ourselves to get rid of.

And relationships that have become fractured.

The attic in The Price contains the 'past lives' of brothers Victor and Walter Franz and their parents and not touched for some 30 years.

Victor, a police sergeant is approaching 50 and eligible for retirement, spent the early part of his life looking after his aging, ailing father.

Walter left the family home to forge a very successful career and severed all ties.

Victor felt tied to caring for his father, even after marriage to Esther, sacrificing his own life prospects.

Walter had left to become a doctor and entrepreneur and achieved great success and wealth.

While the two brothers have been estranged ever since, deep-rooted regrets and resentments remain.

And now, with the apartment block being demolished and the contents of the attic disposed of, things have to change.

Victor invites Gregory Solomon, an old Russian-Jewish antique dealer looking for one last big deal, to buy the contents of the attic as a job lot.

With the brothers forced together by the situation, a slow trickle of poignant memories inevitably lead to a torrent of long repressed feelings of disillusionment and bitterness.

Will confronting the past, among its relics, allow Victor and Walter and indeed Esther, find ultimate redemption or are feelings just too deep rooted?

As one would expect with Miller, things are not as straightforward as we might at first assume.

The Price is consummate theatre at its very, very best.

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The Marylebone Theatre

The Marylebone Theatre, once known as the Steiner Hall, has undergone an extensive refurbishment in recent years that provides theatre performances, concerts, dance and spoken word events.

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