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. commentary
and analysis both of Miller's life and the life of twentieth
century America, including 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, as well as commentary and analysis of his many plays
and his reflections on the theatre in America. October 2005 sees
the 90th anniversary of Miller's birth. The much acclaimed new
Broadway production of Death of a Salesman opened to rave reviews
at the Lyric Theatre, London, in May 2005, starring Brian Dennehy.
Miller is a perennial of the theatre. His plays are constantly
revived all over the world; and studied on school and university
courses. Arthur Miller was born in New York in 1915. After
graduating from the University of Michigan, he started a career as
a playwright, which resulted in more than 25 important plays. He
has also written fiction, screenplays, and non-fiction. He died on
February 10 2005.
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