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Arthur Miller (1) (1915–2005)

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The son of a well-to-do New York Jewish family, Miller graduated from high school and then went to work in a warehouse. He was born on October 17, 1915, in Harlem, New York City. His plays have been called "political," but he considers the areas of literature and politics to be quite separate and mehr anzeigen has said, "The only sure and valid aim---speaking of art as a weapon---is the humanizing of man." The recurring theme of all his plays is the relationship between a man's identity and the image that society demands of him. After two years, he entered the University of Michigan, where he soon started writing plays. All My Sons (1947), a Broadway success that won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1947, tells the story of a son, home from the war, who learns that his brother's death was due to defective airplane parts turned out by their profiteering father. Death of a Salesman (1949), Miller's experimental yet classical American tragedy, received both the Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1949. It is a poignant statement of a man facing himself and his failure. In The Crucible (1953), a play about bigotry in the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692, Miller brings into focus the social tragedy of a society gone mad, as well as the agony of a heroic individual. The play was generally considered to be a comment on the McCarthyism of its time. Miller himself appeared before the Congressional Un-American Activities Committee and steadfastly refused to involve his friends and associates when questioned about them. His screenplay for The Misfits (1961), from his short story, was written for his second wife, actress Marilyn Monroe (see Vol. 3); After the Fall (1964) has clear autobiographical overtones and involves the story of this ill-fated marriage as well as further dealing with Miller's experiences with McCarthyism. In the one-act Incident at Vichy (1964), a group of men are picked off the streets one morning during the Nazi occupation of France. The Price (1968) is a psychological drama concerning two brothers, one a police officer, one a wealthy surgeon, whose long-standing conflict is explored over the disposal of their father's furniture. The Creation of the World and Other Business (1973) is a retelling of the story of Genesis, attempted as a comedy. The American Clock (1980) explores the impact of the Depression on the nation and its individual citizens. Among Miller's most recent works is Danger: Memory! (1987), a study of two elderly friends. During the 1980s, almost all of Miller's plays were given major British revivals, and the playwright's work has been more popular in Britain than in the United States of late. Miller died of heart failure after a battle against cancer, pneumonia and congestive heart disease at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut. He was 89 years old. (Bowker Author Biography) Arthur Miller, American playwright, was born on October 17, 1915, in New York City. He earned an AB from the University of Michigan and began to write plays while still a student. He won the first of his many awards, the Avery Hopwood Prize of the University of Michigan, for his first play, Honors at Dawn. This was followed by many other award-winning plays. One of the best-known of these, Death of a Salesman, won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1949 as well as a Drama Critics Circle Award; it continues to be one of the most frequently performed and adapted plays of this century. Some of his other titles include The Crucible, A View From the Bridge, The Misfits, After the Fall, and Vichy. Miller also wrote several travel pieces, including In Russia and Chinese Encounters (both in collaboration with his third wife, Ingeborg Morath); a novel, Focus; and the autobiography, Timebends: A Life. Arthur Miller was married to Mary Grace Slattery in 1940. They had two children and were divorced in 1952. In 1956, he married actress Marilyn Monroe and they divorced in 1961. He married Morath in 1962 and they have two children together. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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Werke von Arthur Miller

Hexenjagd (1953) — Autor — 15,249 Exemplare
Tod eines Handlungsreisenden (1948) 12,106 Exemplare
All my Sons: Drama in three Acts (1947) 1,079 Exemplare
Zeitkurven. Ein Leben (1987) 564 Exemplare
The Portable Arthur Miller (1971) 406 Exemplare
Brennpunkt (1945) 395 Exemplare
An Enemy of the People (1950) 339 Exemplare
Der Preis (1968) — Autor — 281 Exemplare
Zwischenfall in Vichy: ein Theaterstück (1964) — Play — 252 Exemplare
Nicht gesellschaftsfähig (1961) — Autor — 159 Exemplare
The Ride Down Mt. Morgan (1991) 148 Exemplare
The Crucible: Text and Criticism (1971) 139 Exemplare
Presence: Stories (2007) 134 Exemplare
Broken Glass (1994) 132 Exemplare
Unscheinbares Mädchen, ein Leben (1992) — Autor — 100 Exemplare
Collected Plays 1964-1982 (2012) 98 Exemplare
Collected Plays (1957) 97 Exemplare
The Misfits [1961 film] (1961) — Screenwriter — 92 Exemplare
Playing for Time (1985) 74 Exemplare
The Penguin Arthur Miller: Collected Plays (2015) — Autor — 73 Exemplare
I Don't Need You Any More (1967) — Autor — 71 Exemplare
Danger: Memory! (1986) 61 Exemplare
Collected Plays 1987-2004 (2015) 54 Exemplare
The Man Who Had All the Luck (1940) 53 Exemplare
Resurrection Blues (2002) 52 Exemplare
Death of a Salesman [1985 TV movie] (1985) — Screenwriter — 51 Exemplare
The Misfits, story of a shoot (1672) 50 Exemplare
Theateressays (1978) 49 Exemplare
The American Clock (1980) 49 Exemplare
The Crucible: A Screenplay (1996) 45 Exemplare
The Last Yankee (1991) 44 Exemplare
Chinese Encounters (1979) 43 Exemplare
Mr. Peters' Connections (1998) — Autor — 38 Exemplare
Der Handlungsreisende in Peking (1984) 36 Exemplare
The Archbishop's Ceiling (1977) 33 Exemplare
A Memory of Two Mondays (1955) 33 Exemplare
The Last Yankee & Broken Glass (1994) 27 Exemplare
In Russland (1969) 24 Exemplare
Jane's Blanket (1963) 20 Exemplare
Hexenjagd / Der Tod des Handlungsreisenden. (1960) — Autor — 17 Exemplare
Some Kind of Love Story (1983) 13 Exemplare
The Crucible by Arthur Miller (1986) 13 Exemplare
Playing for Time [1980 film] (1980) — Writer — 12 Exemplare
Teatro 11 Exemplare
Drámák (1974) 11 Exemplare
Everybody Wins (1984) 10 Exemplare
Teatro reunido (2015) 8 Exemplare
Elegy For a Lady. (1982) 7 Exemplare
La política i l'art d'actuar (2002) 6 Exemplare
Plays : one (1986) 6 Exemplare
Muerte de un viajante (pdf) (2015) 5 Exemplare
Collected Plays: v. 1 (1974) 5 Exemplare
Final Edition (1981) 4 Exemplare
Everybody Wins [1990 film] (2005) — Writer — 4 Exemplare
Collected plays, 1944-1961 (2011) 4 Exemplare
Stücke 1 (2009) 3 Exemplare
Enchanté de vous connaître (Pavillons poche) (2013) — Autor — 2 Exemplare
Pascal Covici, 1888-1964 (1964) — Mitwirkender — 2 Exemplare
Widerhall der Zeit : Essays (2003) 2 Exemplare
Dramak 1 Exemplar
The Misfits 1 Exemplar
Bulldog [short story] (1983) 1 Exemplar
Situation Normal 1 Exemplar
I Kina (1979) 1 Exemplar
TDR #177 1 Exemplar
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Endstation Sehnsucht (1947) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben7,985 Exemplare
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Mitwirkender, einige Ausgaben915 Exemplare
Prisoner without a Name, Cell without a Number (1980) — Vorwort, einige Ausgaben469 Exemplare
Six Great Modern Plays (1956) — Mitwirkender — 468 Exemplare
The Best American Short Stories 2002 (2002) — Mitwirkender — 462 Exemplare
Telling Tales (2004) — Mitwirkender — 344 Exemplare
Literature: The Human Experience (2006) — Mitwirkender — 338 Exemplare
24 Favorite One Act Plays (1958) — Mitwirkender — 283 Exemplare
Famous American Plays of the 1940s (1900) — Mitwirkender — 232 Exemplare
The Best American Essays 1999 (1999) — Mitwirkender — 184 Exemplare
Masterpieces of the Drama (1966) — Mitwirkender — 178 Exemplare
This Is My Best: Great Writers Share Their Favorite Work (2004) — Mitwirkender — 159 Exemplare
Writers at Work 03 (1967) — Interviewee — 142 Exemplare
Granta 78: Bad Company (2002) — Mitwirkender — 135 Exemplare
New voices in the American theatre (1955) — Mitwirkender — 114 Exemplare
Telling Tales and Other New One-Act Plays (1993) — Mitwirkender — 113 Exemplare
One Act: Eleven Short Plays of the Modern Theater (1961) — Mitwirkender — 106 Exemplare
The Crucible [1996 film] (1997) — Original play — 93 Exemplare
Great Esquire Fiction (1983) — Mitwirkender — 70 Exemplare
Best American Plays: Third Series, 1945-1951 (1952) — Mitwirkender — 69 Exemplare
Contemporary Drama: 15 Plays (1959) — Mitwirkender — 69 Exemplare
The Jewish Writer (1998) — Mitwirkender — 52 Exemplare
Contemporary Drama - 11 Plays (1956) — Mitwirkender — 46 Exemplare
Modern and Contemporary Drama (1958) — Mitwirkender — 43 Exemplare
Best American Plays: Fourth Series, 1951-1957 (1958) — Mitwirkender — 42 Exemplare
In Search of the Simple Life: American Voices, Past and Present (1986) — Mitwirkender — 35 Exemplare
Cuba on the Verge: An Island in Transition (2003) — Nachwort — 34 Exemplare
50 Best Plays of the American Theatre [4-volume set] (1969) — Mitwirkender — 33 Exemplare
14 great plays (1977) — Mitwirkender — 31 Exemplare
A Treasury of the Theatre: From Henrik Ibsen to Eugène Ionesco (1960) — Mitwirkender — 30 Exemplare
The Best American Short Stories 1967 (1967) — Mitwirkender — 28 Exemplare
The Best American Political Writing 2002 (2002) — Mitwirkender — 27 Exemplare
Best American Plays: 7th Series, 1967-1973 (1975) — Mitwirkender — 24 Exemplare
America on Stage : Ten Great Plays of American History (1976) — Mitwirkender — 22 Exemplare
Inge Morath: The Road to Reno (2006) — Nachwort, einige Ausgaben21 Exemplare
Death of a Salesman [1966 TV movie] (1966) — Original play — 13 Exemplare
The Best American Short Stories 1962 (1962) — Mitwirkender — 12 Exemplare
The Best American Short Stories 1960 (1960) — Mitwirkender — 11 Exemplare
Brooklyn Bridge [1981 TV episode] (2004) — Erzähler — 10 Exemplare
Mystery in the Mainstream: An Anthology of Literary Crimes (1986) — Mitwirkender — 9 Exemplare
Focus [2001 movie] (2002) 6 Exemplare
50 Best Plays of the American Theatre, Volume 4 — Mitwirkender — 4 Exemplare
All My Sons [1987 TV movie] — Original play — 2 Exemplare
50 Best Plays of the American Theatre, Volume 3 — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
After the Fall [1974 TV movie] — Original play — 1 Exemplar

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Der Kern dieser 1992 veröffentlichte Geschichte bilden Geschehnisse um das Ende des zweiten Weltkriegs also der wohl prägensten Phase von Arthur Miller. Es ist eine kurze Erzählung über die US-Amerikanerin Janice und ihr an sich unspektakuläre Leben, das dennoch große Fragen anklingen lässt. Das ganze ist einfühlsam (aber nicht zu sentimental) und mit einem gewissen lakonischen Witz erzählt, der das Buch recht lesenswert macht. Etwas seltsam ist die Tatsache, dass die weibliche Protagonistin zwar eigenständig und selbstbewusst ist, sich ein Großteil der Geschichte aber mit ihren Beziehungen zu Männern (Vater, Ehemann, Liebhaber) befasst, so als wären nun diese Beziehungen das wichtigste in ihrem Leben gewesen.… (mehr)
 
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Gelesen als Vorbereitung auf den Film zum Stück (Yael Farber inszeniert im Old Vic mit Richard Armitage als Proctor u.a.).
Hat mir gut gefallen, die Balance zwischen "Dokumentation" und fiktionalem Drama.
Die politische Dimension hab ich jetzt nicht so gesehen. Allein die Entwicklung der tragischen Geschichte John und Elizabeth Proctors vor dem Hintergrund eigentlich kleiner menschlicher Verfehlungen, die sich aber unheilvoll summieren: Neid, Missgunst, enttäuschte Liebe, Auskosten erster Erfahrungen sexueller und persönlicher Macht (im Fall von Abigail).
Den leisen Humor im Text habe ich übrigens erst bemerkt, als ich das Theater- (und Kino-)Publikum an besagten Stellen lachen hörte.
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