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Arthur Miller was born with two siblings: Kermit Miller and Joan Miller. His parents were Jewish immigrants. Growing up Arthur Miller's father had financial problems due to the great depression. This allowed his father to show him the insecurity of modern society. His mother was an educator and enjoyed reading novels. He was able to get a job in a warehouse where he was able to get enough money to attend Michigan University.
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He was born in New York City, New York
He was born with the name of Arthur Asher Miller -
This is where he began writing plays with his first successful one being Focus -
Children:
- Jane Doyle (1944)
- Robert Miller (1947) -
Was his first release as a playwright and it did not do good at all. It received horrible reviews. -
Anti-semitism, won Tony Award. A drama about a manufacturer who produced faulty war materials (film: 1948) -
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(one of the most popular plays of his time) placed the “common man” into a tragedy, worked on the idea of this play since being a teenager, criticism of capitalism, opened in New York City in 1949 directed by Kazan, Won Tony award in 1949, Won Pulitzer Prize, later adapted for television in 1951) -
A play about the Salem witch trials which won a Tony award. Was not considered to be a successful play at first -
Was about an uncle's passion for his niece that ends up destroying him. This play is considered by some people to be autobiographical but it is not confirmed by Miller. -
First premiered alongside A memory of two Mondays in 1955 but later became its own longer adaptation -
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A screenplay that was written for Marilyn Monroe. The filming of which served as his last play -
2 children:
- Rebeca Miller (1962)
- Daniel Miller (1966) -
A brief play that examined the Jewish Identity. -
concerned with the failure and its consequences -
connected with the theme of guilt and responsibility. He did this by examining the relationship between two brothers -
Dealt with the way the soviets would treat dissident writers. -
was based on a play by Studs Terkel called Hard Times that was about the Great Depression -
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Daniel-Day Lewis Is an American Actor -
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was a combination of his short plays -
His death occurred in Roxbury Connecticut
Arther Miller combined social awareness and concern for the character's personal lives
Arthur Miller popularized bringing real-life problems into plays -
- https://www.famechain.com/family-tree/29404/arthur-miller
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Arthur-Miller-American-playwright
- https://www.neh.gov/about/awards/jefferson-lecture/arthur-miller-biography
- https://www.biography.com/writer/arthur-miller
- https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/arthur-miller-none-without-sin/56/