Who wrote the 1944 play, 'The Man Who Had All The Luck'?
The Man Who Had All the Luck The Man Who Had All the Luck The Man Who Had All the Luck is a play by Arthur Miller. David Beeves is a young Midwestern automobile mechanic who discovers he is blessed with what appears to be almost supernatural good fortune that allows him to overcome every seemingly insurmountable obstacle that crosses his path while those around him fall in defeat. Like Midas, everything he touches is tinged with gold, leaving him to wonder if and when his luck will change and he too will be forced to deal with life's tragedies, until he eventually realizes that his good
The Man Who Had All the Luck 4 performances. Karl Swenson starred as David Beeves. The play's failure nearly derailed Miller's career, and it remained one of his least known works until 1990, when the Bristol Old Vic staged "The Man Who Had All The Luck" with Iain Glen in the lead role. The production was directed by Paul Unwin. It later transferred to the Young Vic in London. In 2000 director Dan Fields mounted a production that ran for seven weeks at the Ivy Substation theater in Culver City, California. The following year, a production was staged by the Williamstown Theatre Festival, which had presented the