Biography and Autobiography: Remembering Arthur Miller (Hardcover)

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Manufacturer: Bloomsbury Academic

Reflections on the late Arthur Miller from over seventy writers actors directors and friends. Reflections on the late Arthur Miller from over seventy writers actors directors and friends with Arthur Miller Remembers an interview with the writer from 1995. Following his death in February 2005 newspapers were filled with tributes to the man regarded by many as the greatest playwright of the twentieth century. Published as a celebration and commemoration of his life Part I of Remembering Arthur Miller is a collection of over seventy specially commissioned pieces from writers actors directors and friends providing personal critical and professional commentary on the man who gave the theatre such timeless classics as All my Sons A View from the Bridge The Death of a Salesman and The Crucible. Contributors read like a Who s Who of theatre film and literature: Edward Albee Alan Ayckbourn Brian Cox Richard Eyre Joseph Fiennes Nadine Gordimer Dustin Hoffman Warren Mitchell Harold Pinter Vanessa Redgrave and Tom Stoppard to name but a few. Part II Arthur Miller Remembers is an in-depth and wide-ranging interview conducted with Miller in 1995. Bigsby s expertise and Miller s candour produce a wonderfully insightful commentary and analysis both of Miller s life and the life of twentieth century America. It covers Miller s upbringing in Harlem the Depression marriage to Marilyn Monroe post-war America being sentenced to prison by the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1956 and his presidency of the writer s organisation PEN International. The discourse also provides a commentary on and analysis of his many plays andMiller s reflections on the Amercian theatre.