Arthur Miller

His Life and works

Born October 17, 1915

Older Brother, Kermit Miller

Younger Sister, Joan Copeland

Fall 1934

November 23, 1944 The Man who had all the Luck

January 19, 1947 All My Sons

February 10, 1949 The Death of a Salesman

About Marilyn Monroe:

She was highly destructive, during our marriage, all my energy and attention were devoted to trying to help her solve her problems. Unfortunately, I didnt have much success.

Died February 10, 2005

September 21st, 2004 Finishing the Picture

Other important dates

January 26th, 1953 The Crucible

September 29th, 1955 The View from the Bridge and A memory of Two Mondays

May 31st, 1957

Guilty of contempt of Congress for refusing to name names to HUAC

August 8th , 1958

Conviction reversed

No Villain (1936) They Too Arise (1937, based on No Villain) Honors at Dawn (1938, based on They Too Arise) The Grass Still Grows (1938, based on They Too Arise) The Great Disobedience (1938) Listen My Children (1939, with Norman Rosten) The Golden Years (1940) The Man Who Had All the Luck (1940) The Half-Bridge (1943) All My Sons (1947) Death of a Salesman (1949) An Enemy of the People (1950, based on Henrik Ibsen's play An Enemy of the People) The Crucible (1953) A View from the Bridge (1955) A Memory of Two Mondays (1955) After the Fall (1964) Incident at Vichy (1964) The Price (1968)

The Reason Why (1970) Fame (one-act, 1970; revised for television 1978) The Creation of the World and Other Business (1972) The Archbishop's Ceiling (1977) The American Clock (1980) Playing for Time (television play, 1980) Elegy for a Lady (short play, 1982, first part of Two Way Mirror) Some Kind of Love Story (short play, 1982, second part of Two Way Mirror) I Think About You a Great Deal (1986) Playing for Time (stage version, 1985) I Cant Remember Anything (1987, collected in Danger: Memory!) Clara (1987, collected in Danger: Memory!) The Last Yankee (1991) The Ride Down Mt. Morgan (1991) Broken Glass (1994) Mr Peters Connections (1998) Resurrection Blues (2002) Finishing the Picture (2004)

Influences on his work

His Mother

Manny Newman

Pear Tree in Brooklyn

The Brothers Karmazov

Well, all the plays that I was trying to write were plays that would grab an audience by the throat and not release them, rather than presenting an emotion which you could observe and walk away from.

Edward Albee
Some writers matter and some do not. Some of our most clever writers dont matter. They teach us nothing and they don not render ourselves coherent. Arthur Miller was a writer who mattered. A lot.

Bibliography
Abbotson, Susan C.W. Arthur Miller: A literary reference to His life and Work, New York: Facts On File, 2007

Peterson, Jennifer B. Arthur Miller. MasUltra School Edition http://www.lexisnexis.com.proxy.cc.uic.edu/hottopics/lnacademic/?shr=t&csi=139224& Arthur Miller: His Life and Works ACLS Humanities E-book. M-Publishing, EBSCOHost A brief Chronology of Arthur Millers Life and Works. 24 May 2009. iBiblio The Publics Library and Digital Archive. http://www.ibiblio.org/miller/life.html Arthur Miller. Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Miller Arthur Miller TimeLine. Theatre Database http://www.theatredatabase.com/20th_century/arthur_miller_timeline.html Arthur Miller. Answers.com http://www.answers.com/topic/arthur-miller

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