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The Man Who Had All The Luck A Fable by Arthur Miller

The Play 

Storyline
The play tells the story of a young man named David Beeves who has the perhaps unlucky fortune of getting everything his heart desires. Everything always goes his way, while the fortunes of his friends and family rise and fall like those of average people. The pressure of when he too might fall pushes him to the edge of sanity as he struggles to understand and control his fate. "The play is really a fable," said Fields. "As Arthur says about it: 'It doesn't take place in Ohio. It takes place hovering about three feet over Ohio.' It also has a surprising amount of humor."

Production History
The Man Who Had All The Luck was Arthur Miller’s first play produced on Broadway in 1944 when he was only 29. The story was orignally written as a novel a few years prior, but Miller was unable to find a publisher. Joseph Fields (brother of lyricist Dorothy Fields, but no relation to director Dan Fields) directed the original production which received mostly unfavorable reviews, and closed after only four performances. Miller recalls in his autobiography Timebends that he was so devastated by the negative response that he seriously consider never writing another play. But three years later, All My Sons was a huge hit, and Miller was suddenly famous. The Man Who Had All The Luck slipped through the cracks and was not even published until recently. The play has received only one other revival, a well-received showing at the Bristol Old Vic, UK in 1986. This Finesilver Shows/Antaeus Company production will be the first U.S. revival of this forgotten treasure in over 55 years. Director Dan Fields discovered the script while working at the Seattle Repertory Theater almost ten years ago, and has worked to bring it back to the stage ever since. "I didn't want to direct it before I had the right resources on hand to so that this play could be seen for the outstanding piece of theater it is. The power of young Miller's voice astounded me," said Fields. "The play's central question: 'Do a man's actions have any influence on his fortune in life, or is fate beyond one's control?' has reverberated through my own life as an artist and producer of artists. It is a question pondered by the Bible and the Greek dramatists."