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Don’t go thinking that American actress Nancy Crane will have a particular take on Arthur Miller.

“I am from the other side of the country!”, says Nancy who is Alfieri in Miller’s A View from the Bridge at Chichester Festival Theatre from October 6-Saturday, October 28. “I am a laid-back Californian. New York is an amazing city but I always find New York very different. I am all laid-back Californian ‘don’t go harshing my mellow!’ whereas in New York even just picking up your dry cleaning is the Ring Cycle. Everything is huge emotion and shouting at each other whereas I'm from the land of Have A Nice Day! It might not be sincere but it makes things work!”

So yes, it's an alien culture to an extent, but it’s all complicated further by the questions of immigration the play deals with.

A play about “trying to lead ethical lives” on the Chichester stage