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1、AViewfromtheBridgeAPlayinTwoActsCharactersActOneLouisMikeAlfieriThestreetandhousefrontofatenementbuilding.ThefrontisskeletalEddieentirely.Themainactingareaisthelivingroom–diningroomofEddie’sCatherineapartment.Itisaworker’sflat,clean,sparse,homely.ThereisarockerBeatricedown
2、front;arounddiningtableatcenter,withchairs;andaportableMarcophonograph.TonyAtbackareabedroomdoorandanopeningtothekitchen;noneoftheseRodolphointeriorsareseen.FirstImmigrationOfficerAttheright,forestage,adesk.ThisisMrAlfieri’slawoffice.ThereisSecondImmigrationOfficeralsoatel
3、ephonebooth.Thisisnotuseduntilthelastscenes,soitmaybeMrLiparicoveredorleftinview.MrsLipariTwo‘Submarines’Astairwayleadsuptotheapartment,andthenfartheruptothenextstory,Neighbourswhichisnotseen.Ramps,representingthestreet,runupstageandofftorightandleft.Asthecurtainrises,Loui
4、sandMike,longshoremen,arepitchingcoinsagainstthebuildingatleft.Adistantfoghornblows.EnterAlfieri,alawyerinhisfiftiesturninggray;heisportly,good-humored,andthoughtful.Thetwopitchersnodtohimashepasses.Hecrossesthestagetohisdesk,removeshishat,runshisfingersthroughhishair,andg
5、rinning,speakstotheaudience.AlfieriYouwouldn’thaveknownit,butsomethingamusinghasjusthappened.Youseehowuneasilytheynodtome?That’sbecauseIamalawyer.Inthisneighborhoodtomeetalawyerorapriestonthestreetisunlucky.We’reonlythoughtofinconnectionwithdisasters,andthey’drathernotgett
6、ooclose.Ioftenthinkthatbehindthatsuspiciouslittlenodoftheirsliethreethousandyearsofdistrust.Alawyermeansthelaw,andinSicily,fromwheretheirfatherscame,thelawhasnotbeenafriendlyideasincetheGreekswerebeaten.Iaminclinedtonoticetheruinsinthings,perhapsbecauseIwasborninItaly...Io
7、nlycameherewhenIwastwenty-five.4AViewfromtheBridgeActOne5Inthosedays,AlCapone,thegreatestCarthaginianofall,wasEddieYeah,there’sanotherdayyetonthatship.Seeya,learninghistradeonthesepavements,andFrankieYalehimselfLouis.wascutpreciselyinhalfbyamachinegunonthecornerofEddiegoes
8、intothehouse,aslightrisesintheapartment.CatherineUnionStreet,twoblocksaway.Oh,therewerema
