ARTHUR MILLER

BIOGRAFIE

In 1944 Miller a scris The Man Who Had All the Luck, care a fost produs intr-un spectacol in New York si a castigat Theater Guild's National Award. In pofida succesului in fata criticii, spectacolul a avut numai sase reprezentatii. Urmatorii cativa ani au fost destul de grei pentru Miller. A publicat prima nuvela - Focus - primita bine ca nuvela si a adaptat pentru televiziune piesa scrisa de George Abbott's and John C. Holm's Three Men on a Horse.

In 1947 Miller scrie All My Sons a fost produs la Coronet Theatre Spectacolul a fost regizat de catre Elia Kazan, alaturi de care, Miller avea sa-si continue o relatie profesionala si de prietenie, mult timp de aici inainte, colaborand la multe spectacole impreuna. Spectacolul All My Sons a rulat 328 de reprezentatii si a castigat New York Drama Critics Circle Award si doua Tony Awards in 1947, in pofida faptului ca Miller incepuse sa fie acuzat ca este comunist.

Miller isi construieste un mic studio in Roxbury, Connecticut, intr-un mic orasel, ce avea sa-i fie multa vreme, de aici inainte, casa lui. Aici, intr-o perioada de numai sase saptamani, a terminat de scris Death of a Salesman,(Moartea uni comis voiajor), opera care este cea mai cunoscuta din creatia sa si care s-a jucat de atunci si pana in prezent, pe toate meridianele lumii. Moartea unui comis voiajor a avut premiera pe Broadway pe 10 Februarie 1949, regizat de Elia Kazan si avandu-l ca personaj principal pe Lee J. Cobb in rolul lui Willy Loman. Piesa a primit un Tony Award pentru cea mai buna piesa si un Premiu Pulitzer si a inregistrat 742 de reprezentatii.

In 1952, Elia Kazan a fost chemat in fata House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)(Comitetul de cercetare al Activitatilor Anti-Americane) si fara nici un fel de teama de a fi pus pe lista neagra de la Hollywood, a numit opt membri ai Group Theater - cel infiintat in 1932 de catre Lee Strasberg - care au fost in anii recenti membri ai Partidului Comunist.

Miller si Monroe la o conferinta de presa, imediat dupa nunta.

conditia de a nu i se pune intrebari decat in ceea ce-l priveste pe el. Desi initial acceptata si aprobata aceasta derogare, de catre Presedintele comisiei, in desfasurarea procesului, ceialalti membri ai comisiei nu au pregetat sa-l intrebe de relatiile colegilor sai cu partidul comunist. Miller a refuzat motivand simplu: 'I could not use the name of another person and bring trouble on him.'

In 1957, Miller a fost gasit vinovat de activitati anti-americane si condamnat la plata a 500$, 30 de zile de inchisoare si cedarea pasaportului American catre autoritati. Miller a facut cerere si procesul a fost rejudecat. Peste un an, curtea de apel a hotarat nevinovatia lui Miller si retragerea tuturor acuzatiilor. Dupa ce acuzatiile au fost retrase, Miller a inceput filmarea la The Misfits cu Monroe in rolul principal. Cu care nu s-a inteles de nici un fel in timpul filmarilor si putin timpdupa terminarea lor, au divortat. La un an dupa, Marilyn Monroe a fost gasita moarta, aparent datorita unei supradoze

Pe 17 Februarie 1962, Miller se casatoreste pentru a treia si ultima oara cu Inge Morath, o foarte apreciata fotografa. Rebecca, primul lor copil, s-a nascut in acelasi an in Septembrie. Fiul lor Daniel, s-a nascut bolnav de Syndrom Down si a fost internat si i s-au dat toate ingrijirile, dar a fost indepartat din viata personala a lui Miller, la insistentele lui. Cuplul a ramas impreuna pana in 2002, la moartea sotiei Inge Finul lui Arthur Miller, actorul de origine britanica, Daniel Day-Lewis, a insitat extrem de mult pentru reunirea dintre Miler si fiulsau bolnav, deja ajuns la maturitate.

Final de Cariera

OPERE

FICTIUNE

• No Villain (play, 1936)
• They Too Arise (play, 1937, based on No Villain)
• Honors at Dawn (play, 1938, based on They Too Arise)
• The Grass Still Grows (play, 1938, based on They Too Arise)
• The Great Disobedience (play, 1938)
• Listen My Children (play, with Norman Rosten, 1939)
• The Golden Years (play, 1940)
• The Man Who Had All the Luck (play, 1940)[1]
• The Pussycat and the Plumber Who Was a Man (radio play, 1941)
• William Ireland's Confession (radio play, 1941)
• Jed Chandler Harris (radio play, 1941)
• Captain Paul (radio play, 1941)
• The Battle of the Ovens (radio play, 1942)
• Thunder from the Mountains (radio play, 1942)
• I Was Married in Bataan (radio play, 1942)
• Toward a Farther Star (radio play, 1942)
• The Eagle's Nest (radio play, 1942)
• The Four Freedoms (radio play, 1942)
• The Half-Bridge (play, 1943)
• That They May Win (radio play, 1943)
• Listen for the Sound of Wings (radio play, 1943)
• Bernardine (radio play, 1944)
• I Love You (radio play, 1944)
• Grandpa and the Statue (radio play, 1944)
• The Philippines Never Surrendered (radio play, 1944)
• The Guardsman (radio play, 1944, based on Ferenc Molnár's play)
• Pride and Prejudice (radio play, 1944, based on Jane Austen's novel)
• The Story of G.I. Joe (film, 1943)
• Focus (novel, 1945)
• Three Men on a Horse (radio play, 1946, based on George Abbott and John C Holm play)
• All My Sons (play, 1947)
• The Story of Gus (radio play, 1947)
• The Hook (film, 1947)
• Death of a Salesman (play, 1949)
• An Enemy of the People (play, 1950, based on Henrik Ibsen play An Enemy of the People)
• The Crucible (play, 1953)
• A View from the Bridge (play, 1955)
• A Memory of Two Mondays (play, 1955)
• The Misfits (short story, 1957)
• The Misfits (screenplay, 1961)
• After the Fall (play, 1964)
• Incident at Vichy (play, 1964)
• I Don't Need You Anymore (short stories, 1967)
• The Price (play, 1968)
• Fame (television play, 1970)
• The Reason Why (radio play, 1970)
• The Creation of the World and Other Business (play, 1972)
• The Archbishop's Ceiling (play, 1977)
• The American Clock (play, 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)
• Everybody Wins (screenplay, 1984)
• Playing for Time (stage version, 1985)
• I Think About You a Great Deal (play, 1986)
• I Can't Remember Anything (play, 1987, also known as Danger: Memory)
• Clara (play, 1987, also known as Danger: Memory)
• The Last Yankee (play, 1991)
• The Ride Down Mt. Morgan (play, 1991)
• Homely Girl (short story, 1992, published UK as Plain Girl: A Life 1995)
• Broken Glass (play, 1994)
• The Crucible (screenplay, 1995)
• Mr Peter's Connections (play, 1998)
• Resurrection Blues (play, 2002)
• Finishing the Picture (play, 2004)

Opere Biografice

• Situation Normal (1944) bazatr pe experientele de razboi si corespondenta de razboi a reporterei Ernie Pyle.
• In Russia (1969), prima dintre cele trei carti de fotografie realizate impreuna cu sotia sa Inge Morath.
• In the Country (1977), cu fotografii de Inge Morath si texte de Arthur Miller cartea evoca viata obisnuita a locuitorilor din Roxbury.
• Chinese Encounters (1979) Carte de fotografii si texte despre China lui Mao-Tze Dung.
• Salesman in Beijing (1984) este epopeea lui Miller in Beijing, in perioada in care a fost invitat sa monteze acolo "Moartea unui comis voiajor".