Arthur Miller Biography (1915-)

Born October 17, 1915, in New York, NY; son of Isidore (a manufacturer) and Augusta (maiden name, Barnett) Miller; married Mary Grace Slattery, August 5,1940 (divorced, 1956); married Marilyn Monroe (an actress), June 1956 (divorced November 11, 1960); married Ingeborg Morath (a photojournalist), February,1961; children: (first marriage) Jane Ellen, Robert Arthur; (third marriage)Rebecca Augusta, Daniel. Addresses: Agent: International Creative Management, 40 West 57th St., New York, NY 10019.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Writer, director, producer, actor
Birth Details: October 17, 1915; New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
Narrator, Up from Paradise (musical version of The Creation ofthe World and Other Business; music by Stanley Silverman), Trueblood Theatre, Ann Arbor, MI, 1974
Stage Work
Associate producer, Red White and Maddox, Cort Theatre, New York City, 1969
Director, The Price, Duke of York's Theatre, London, England,1969
Director, Up from Paradise (musical version of The Creation ofthe World and Other Business; music by Stanley Silverman), Trueblood Theatre, 1974
Director, Two-Way Mirror, New Haven, CT, 1982
Director, Death of a Salesman, Beijing, People's Republic of China, 1983
Director, Elegy for a Lady and Some Kind of Love Story, inTwo by A. M. (double-bill of one-act plays), Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1983
Stage Director
Major Tours
The Price, U.S. cities, 1969-70
Television Executive Producer
Movies
(With Dustin Hoffman) Death of a Salesman, CBS, 1985
Television Appearances
Miniseries
Voice of William Tecumseh Sherman, The Civil War (documentary; also known as The American Civil War), PBS, 1990
Voice, Baseball (documentary; also known as The History of Baseball), PBS, 1994
Specials
The Face of Genius, 1966
Himself, Arthur Miller on Home Ground, 1979
Voice, Brooklyn Bridge, 1980
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, 1984
Private Conversations: The Making of the Television Adaptation of Death of a Salesman with Dustin Hoffman, 1985
Voice, The Statue of Liberty, 1985
Do Not Enter: The Visa War against Ideas, 1986
Storytellers: The PEN Celebration, 1987
Harold Clurman: A Life of Theatre, 1989
Voice, The Congress, 1989
Arthur Miller, 1991
The 7th Annual Genesis Awards, 1993
"William Styron: The Way of the Writer," American Masters, PBS, 1997
"Alexander Calder," American Masters, PBS, 1998
The 53rd Annual Tony Awards, 1999
The Green Room, Bravo, 2000
Also appeared in a special honoring Lincoln Center, CBS, 1964.
Film Appearances
The Rehearsal, 1974
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (documentary), 1988
Why Havel&quest; (documentary), 1991
RECORDINGS
Taped Readings
The Crucible (excerpts), Spoken Arts, 1956
Death of a Salesman (excerpts), Spoken Arts, 1956
WRITINGS
Stage Plays, Except Where Indicated
Honors at Dawn, Ann Arbor, MI, 1936
No Villain (They Too Arise), Ann Arbor, MI, 1937
The Man Who Had All the Luck, Forest Theatre, New York City, 1944, published in Cross-Section 1944, edited by Edwin Seaver, Fischer, 1944
That They May Win, New York City, 1944 , published in Best One-Act Plays of 1944, edited by Margaret Mayorga, Dodd (New York City), 1945
All My Sons, Coronet Theatre, New York City, 1947 , published by Reynal, 1947 , reprinted by Chelsea House (New York City), 1987
Death of a Salesman: Certain Private Conversations in Two Acts and a Requiem, Morosco Theatre, New York City, 1949 , revived at Circle in the Square Theatre, New York City, 1975 , and Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1984 , published by Viking (New York City), 1949 , reprinted by Chelsea House,1987 , published as Death of a Salesman: Text and Criticism, edited by Gerald Weales, Penguin (New York City), 1977
(Adaptor) Henrik Ibsen, An Enemy of the People, Broadhurst Theatre, 1950 , published by Viking, 1951
The Crucible, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1953 , publishedby Viking, 1953 , revised version published by Dramatists Play Service (NewYork City), 1954 , published as The Crucible: Text and Criticism, edited by Gerald Weales, Viking, 1977
A View from the Bridge [and] A Memory of Two Mondays (double-bill), Coronet Theatre, New York City, 1955 , published by Viking, 1955 , published separately by Dramatists Play Service, 1956 , revised version of A View from the Bridge produced at Sheridan Square Playhouse, New York City, 1965 , published by Cresset (Philadelphia, PA), 1956 , reprinted by Penguin, 1977
After the Fall, American National Theatre and Academy Theatre/Washington Square Playhouse, New York City, 1964 , published by Viking, 1964 , reprinted by Penguin, 1980
Incident at Vichy, American National Theatre and Academy Theatre,1964 , published by Viking, 1965
The Price, Morosco Theatre, 1968 , published by Viking, 1968 , reprinted by Penguin, 1985
Fame [and] The Reason Why (double-bill), New York City, 1970 , Fame published separately in the Yale Literary Magazine, March, 1971

The Creation of the World and Other Business, Shubert Theatre, 1972 , published by Viking, 1972
Up from Paradise (musical version of The Creation of the Worldand Other Business; music by Stanley Silverman), Trueblood Theatre, 1974, revived at Jewish Repertory Theatre, New York City, 1983 , published by Viking, 1978
The Archbishop's Ceiling, Eisenhower Theatre, John F. KennedyCenter for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, 1977 , published by Dramatists Play Service, 1976
The American Clock (inspired by Studs Terkel's Hard Times), Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, SC, 1980 , revised version titled The American Clock: A Mural for the Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles,1983-84 , published by Viking, 1980
Elegy for a Lady [and] Some Kind of Love Story, in Two by A. M. (double-bill; both one-act plays), Long Wharf Theatre, 1983 , Elegy for a Lady published by Dramatists Play Service, 1982 , Some Kind of Love Story published by Dramatists Play Service, 1983
Playing for Time (adaptation of the memoirs of Fania Fenelon), Netherbow Art Centre, England, 1986 , published by Bantam (New York City), 1981
I Can't Remember Anything [and] Clara, in Danger: Memory! (double-bill; both one-act plays), Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre, New York City, 1987 , published as Danger: Memory!, Grove (New York City),1987
(With others) Urban Blight, City Center/Stage I, New York City, 1988
The Last Yankee (one-act play), performed in a staged reading at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, then produced at Ensemble Studio Theater, New York City, 1991 , revised version produced at Manhattan Theatre Club,New York City, 1993, published by Dramatists Play Service, 1990, reprinted as The Last Yankee: With a New Essay about Theatre Language, Penguin, 1994
The Ride Down Mount Morgan, produced at Wyndham's Theatre, London, 1991 , published by Penguin, 1992
Gillbury, 1993
Broken Glass, Booth Theatre, New York City, 1994 , published by Viking Penguin, 1994
"The Ryan Interview; or, How It Was around Here," in Series A, Marathon '95, Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York City, 1995
Mr. Peter's Connections, 1998
Libretto, A View from the Bridge (adaptation of Miller's playinto an opera), Lyric Opera of Chicago, 1999
Short Plays
(With others) One-Act: Eleven Short Plays of the Modern Theatre, Grove, 1961
(With others) Six Great Modern Plays, Dell (New York City), 1964
Screenplays
(With others) The Story of G.I. Joe, United Artists, 1945
English narrative, Anni difficili (also known as Difficult Years and The Little Man), Lopert, 1948
Death of a Salesman, 1951
Les Sorcieres de Salem (also known as The Crucible, DieHexen von Salem, Hexenjagd, and The Witches of Salem), 1957
The Misfits, United Artists, 1960 , published as The Misfits: An Original Screenplay Directed by John Huston, edited by George P. Garrett, Irvington (New York City), 1982
(With others; uncredited) Let's Make Love (also known as The Billionaire and The Millionaire), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1960
Vu du pont (also known as A View from the Bridge), 1961
The Price (based on his stage play), United Artists, 1969
The Hook, MCA, 1975
Everybody Wins (based on the play Some Kind of Love Story),Orion, 1990 , published by Grove Weidenfeld (New York City), 1990
The Crucible (based on his stage play), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
Television Movies
(Miller's Adaptations of His Own Stage Plays)
Death of a Salesman, 1966
A Memory of Two Mondays, 1974
Playing for Time, CBS, 1980
Death of a Salesman (also known as Der Tod eines Handlungsreisenden), CBS, 1985
The American Clock (also known as Arthur Miller's The American Clock), 1993
Broken Glass, 1996
Television Specials
(Miller's Adaptations of His Own Stage Plays)
After the Fall, NBC, 1969
"The Price," The Hallmark Hall of Fame (also known as ITV Sunday-Night Theatre: Price), NBC, 1971
The Crucible, 1980
"All My Sons," American Playhouse, PBS, 1987
"An Enemy of the People," American Playhouse, PBS, 1990
Clara, 1991
Death of a Salesman, Showtime, 2000
Television Episodes
(Miller's Adaptations of His Own Stage Plays)
"Focus," Theatre 625, British television, 1966
Radio Plays
The Pussycat and the Expert Plumber Who Was a Man, published in One-hundred Non-Royalty Radio Plays, edited by William Kozlenko, Greenberg, 1941
William Ireland's Confession, published in One-Hundred Non-Royalty Radio Plays, edited by William Kozlenko, Greenberg, 1941
Grandpa and the Statue, published in Radio Drama in Action,edited by Erik Barnous, Farrar and Rinehart, 1945
The Story of Gus, published in Radio's Best Plays, edited by Joseph Liss, Greenberg, 1947
The Guardsman (adaptation of a play by Ferenc Molnar), published in Theatre Guild on the Air, edited by William Fitelson, Rinehart, 1947
Three Men on a Horse (adaptation of a play by George Abbott and John Cecil Holm), published in Theatre Guild on the Air, edited by William Fitelson, Rinehart, 1947
The Golden Years, 1987 , published by Dramatists Play Service, 1990
Novels
Focus, Reynal, 1945 , reprinted with introduction by the author, Arbor House (New York City), 1984
The Misfits (based on the screenplay), Viking, 1961
Homely Girl: A Life, Peter Blum, 1992; reprinted as Plain Girl:A Life, Methuen, 1995.
Short Stories
I Don't Need You Anymore, Viking, 1967
The Misfits and Other Stories, Scribner (New York City), 1987
Fiction for Children
Jane's Blanket, Collier (New York City), 1963
Nonfiction
Situation Normal (reportage on the army), Reynal, 1944
In Russia, with photographs by Ingeborg Morath, Viking, 1969
In the Country, with photographs by Ingeborg Morath, Viking, 1977
Chinese Encounters, with photographs by Ingeborg Morath, Farrar, Straus (New York City), 1979
Salesman in Beijing, with photographs by Ingeborg Morath, Viking,1984
Arthur Miller and Company: Arthur Miller Talks about His Work in the Company of Actors, Designers, Directors, Reviewers, and Writers, edited byChristopher Bigsby, Methuen (London, England), 1990
Arthur Miller in Conversation, Northouse & Northouse (Dallas,TX), 1993
Essays
The Theatre Essays of Arthur Miller, edited by Robert A. Martin, Viking, 1978, revised and expanded edition with introduction by Martin and Steven R. Centola and foreword by Arthur Miller, Da Capo Press (New York City),1996
Memoirs
Timebends: A Life, Grove, 1987
Omnibus Volumes
(And author of introduction) Collected Plays (contains All My Sons, The Crucible, Death of a Salesman, A Memory of TwoMondays, and A View from the Bridge), Viking, 1957
The Portable Arthur Miller (includes The Crucible, Deathof a Salesman, Fame, Incident at Vichy, The Misfits, The Price, and In Russia), edited by Harold Clurman, Viking,1971 , reprinted with new material and edited by Christopher Bigsby, Penguin,1995
(And author of introduction) Collected Plays, Volume II (containsAfter the Fall, The Creation of the World and Other Business, Incident at Vichy, The Misfits, Playing for Time, and The Price), Viking, 1980
Eight Plays (contains After the Fall, All My Sons, The Crucible, Death of a Salesman, Incident at Vichy, A Memory of Two Mondays, The Price, and A View from the Bridge), Doubleday (New York City), 1981
Other Writings
(With others) Poetry and Film: Two Symposiums, Gotham (New York City), 1973
Author of foreword, Peking Man, Columbia University Press (New York City), 1986
Homely Girl: A Life, Peter Blum (New York City), 1992
Contributor to books and periodicals, including Atlantic, Collier's, Esquire, Holiday, Nation, New York Times, and Theatre Arts. The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, the University of Texas, Austin, and the New York Public Library, New York City, all have collections of Miller's papers.

Further Reference

ADAPTATIONS

All My Sons was adapted for film, Universal, 1948, and as a Swedish radio special by Bengt Lagerkvist and broadcast as Alla mina soener, Sveriges Radio, 1965; Death of a Salesman was adapted for film, Columbia, 1951, and adapted as a television movie, CBS, 1966, as well as a Swedish radio special by Sven Barthel and broadcast as En Handelresandes doed, Sveriges Radio, 1961, and as a Swedish television special (also titled En Handelresandes doed), SVT Drama, 1979; The Crucible was adaptedfor film by Jean-Paul Sartre as Les sorcieres de Salem (and was alsoknown as The Crucible, The Witches of Salem, and Hexenjagd), Kingsley-International, 1958; A View from the Bridge was adaptedfor film, Continental, 1962; A Memory of Two Mondays was adapted as atelevision movie, 1974; Miller's adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People was adapted for film by Alexander Jacobs, Warner Bros., 1978; Fame was adapted as a television special and broadcast on The Hallmark Hall of Fame, NBC, 1978; Clara was adapted as a television movie, Arts and Entertainment, 1991; The American Clock was adapted as a television movie by Frank Galati and also titled Arthur Miller's American Clock, TNT, 1993; Broken Glass was adapted as a television special by David Holman and David Thacker, BBC, 1996, and later broadcast on Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1996; and The Last Yankee was adapted as a Swedish television special by Henrik Bramsjoe and broadcast as Den Sista Yankeen, SVT Drama, 1997; Focus was adapted as a film, Paramount Classics, 2001.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Abbotson, Susan C. W., Student Companion to Arthur Miller, Greenwood Press, 2000.
Bhatia, S. K., Arthur Miller, Heinemann, 1985.
Bigsby, Christopher, ed., The Cambridge Companion to Arthur Miller, Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Bloom, Harold, ed., Arthur Miller (Bloom's Major Dramatists), Chelsea House, 1999.
Carson, Neil, Arthur Miller, Grove, 1982.
Centola, Steven R., ed., The Achievement of Arthur Miller: New Essays, Contemporary Research Press, 1995.
Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series, volume 54, Gale, 1997.
Dictionary of Literary Biography, volume 7: Twentieth-Century American Dramatists, Gale, 1981.
Griffin, Alice, Understanding Arthur Miller (Understanding Contemporary American Literature), University of South Carolina Press, 1996.
Hayashi, T., Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams, McFarland and Company, 1983.
Koorey, Stefani, Arthur Miller's Life and Literature: An Annotated andComprehensive Guide, Scarecrow Press, 2000.
Savran, David, Communists, Cowboys, and Queers: The Politics of Masculinity in the Work of Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams, University ofMinnesota Press, 1992.
Siebold, Thomas, Readings on Arthur Miller, Greenhaven Press, 1997.
Welland, Dennis, Arthur Miller, Grove, 1961, revised edition published as Miller: The Playwright, Methuen, 1979, reprinted, 1983.

Periodicals:

American Theatre, May, 1986; December, 1999, p. 13.
Back Stage, May 25, 2001, p. 48.
Esquire,October, 1959; March, 1961.
Forbes, August 4, 1980.
Hollywood Reporter, September 14, 2001, p. 16.
Newsweek, February 22, 1999, p. 51; October 18, 1999, p. 76.
New Yorker, July 7, 1975.
New York Times Book Review, November 8, 1987, p. 70.
Plays and Players, July 8, 1986.
Theatre Arts, June 8, 1947; April, 1953; October, 1953.
Theatre Journal, May 8, 1980.
Variety, July 30, 2001, p. 27.

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