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8 View commentsDominic West cut a disheveled figure forArthur Miller's A View From The Bridge photocall as he looked rugged in violent fight scenes on Wednesday.
The BAFTA award winner, 54, transformed for his performance as he was seen smoking a cigarette on stage while wearing a haggard shirt and worn our boots.
In keeping with his rough-looking docker ensemble, he paired his worn-out look with some destressed jeans and grubby suspenders.
For the theatre photocall at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, he looked emotional as he took part in a feisty a bust up on stage.
Dominic will perform Monday to Saturday every week at 7.30pm from May, 22, to August, 7.
Dominic West cut a disheveled figure for Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge photocall as he looked rugged in violent fight scenes on Wednesday
The BAFTA award winner, 54, transformed for his performance as he was seen smoking a cigarette on stage while wearing a haggard shirt and worn our boots
Arthur Miller's 1957 drama is a classic American play about a working-class family in 1950's Brooklyn, New York.
The play follows Eddie, played by Dominic, a dock worker, who struggles with his possessive feelings toward his niece in the face of her impending marriage.
Immigration, love, and possession all come to a head in one of Arthur's most intimate dramas.
The concept for the play was originally conceived in a screenplay entitled The Hook, co-developed with prolific theatre directorElia Kazan.
The movie was never produced due to committee pressure and since the movie was never made, Arthur took the inspiration of working-class longshoremen in Brooklyn and created this story.
When Dominic first took to the stage in the playadmitted he was not impressed with West End theatre audiences and feels many of them don't really want to be there.
The actor set off for regional theatre and kicked off his performance in Arthur Miller's play atthe 120-seat Ustinov Studio in Bath in November.
Speaking to The Times, Dominic admitted he thinks many people in London's West End theatres are tourists who are only there as part of sightseeing in the capital.
In keeping with his rough-looking docker ensemble, he paired his worn-out look with some destressed jeans and grubby suspenders
For the theatre photocall at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, he looked emotional as he partook in feisty a brawl on stage involving a fist fight and chairs used as weapons
Dominic will perform Monday to Saturday every week at 7.30pm from May, 22, to August, 7
Arthur Miller's 1957 drama is a classic American play about a working-class family in 1950's Brooklyn, New York
The play follows Eddie, played by Dominic, a dock worker, who struggles with his possessive feelings toward his niece in the face of her impending marriage
Dominic pictured with fellow theatre star Kate Fleetwood
His character in the play being marveled as he puffed on a cigareet
The photos saw a range of emotions from the actor as he was seen pleasantly surprised just scenes after a bust up
And Dominic handled his fight scene with professionalism as he flexed his muscles and guarded his face with his fists
When Dominic first took to the stage in the play admitted he was not impressed with West End theatre audiences and feels many of them don't really want to be there
The actor set off for regional theatre and kicked off his performance in Arthur Miller's play at the 120-seat Ustinov Studio in Bath in November
He said: 'That means only a certain small group of people will be going to the theatre and probably not enjoying it much.
'And you get a lot of tourists in London and people are not necessarily there because they want to be there … it is because it is part of the tourist trail.'
The Crown actor, who is from Sheffield, added he has always enjoyed performing in regional theatres where he feels a greater sense of 'local support'.
He said: 'I have always enjoyed the non-London audience. In Sheffield, certainly, there is a real amazing feel from the local support you get and from a real hunger for a good play and for a good night at the theatre. Which of course there is everywhere else but I think it is more tangible outside London.'
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