Resurrection Blues Play by Arthur Miller (Farsi)

Description

Resurrection Blues is one of the final plays by Arthur Miller, marking a significant late-career shift toward dark satire. Set in an unnamed Latin American dictatorship, the play centers on a mysterious prisoner rumored to perform miracles and possibly embody a second coming of Christ. General Felix Barriaux, the ruling autocrat, plans to execute him, but the situation becomes grotesquely theatrical when an American television company seeks to broadcast the crucifixion as a global media spectacle. Through biting humor, Miller critiques the convergence of political tyranny, religious manipulation, and commercialized media. Blending absurdity with moral inquiry, the play examines how spectacle distorts truth and how power exploits belief, reaffirming Miller’s enduring concern with justice and ethical responsibility.