Outside Reading Post #7 Extra Credit - A View from the Bridge

For extra credit, this weekend I went to see the play A View from the Bridge, at the Guthrie theater downtown. I thought the acting seemed a little forced, but overall it was very good. The play took place in Brooklyn, New York in 1955. It was about a girl, Catherine who was raised by her aunt and uncle, they had some relatives from Italy move in with them illegally so that they could make some money and send back home. One of the immigrants, Rudolpho falls in love with Catherine, and they decide to get married. Catherine's uncle, Eddy doesn't like it, and thinks that Rudolpho only wants to become a citizen, and dosen't really love her. So Eddy called the immigration services, to have them taken away. But this doesn't go according to plan, they get bailed out of jail, and Marco (the other immigrant) kills Eddy. This was a very tragic ending, and although I suspected that someone would get hurt, I didn't think that Eddy would be killed. The play was very good, and I would recommend in to others.