Arthur Miller Bücher

Die Kurzgeschichten von Arthur Miller zeichnen sich durch eine breite Themenvielfalt aus, von autobiografischen Kindheitserlebnissen bis hin zu berühmten Erzählungen wie ›Misfits‹. Sie reflektieren Millers persönliche Erfahrungen, darunter seine Beziehung zu Marilyn Monroe und seine Zeit auf einer Marinewerft während des Zweiten Weltkriegs.

Arthur Miller, Amerikas berühmtester Dramatiker des 20. Jahrhunderts, verbindet analytischen Scharfsinn mit moralischer Überzeugung und höchstem Stilbewusstsein. Seine Theaterstücke, die jetzt erstmals in einer dreibändigen Ausgabe vorliegen, handeln von der Existenznot des Einzelnen, von der Unbarmherzigkeit der Gesellschaft, von der Flüchtigkeit unserer Illusionen. Es sind Stücke, die auch im 21. Jahrhundert weitergespielt werden und deren Wirkung sich stets erneuert. In seinem großen Theateressay, der die Ausgabe seiner ›Stücke‹ in drei Bänden einleitet, denkt Arthur Miller über die Funktion des Theaters in der Gesellschaft, über das Schreiben von Stücken und über die Erwartungen der Zuschauer nach.

In Arthur Millers sozialkritischem Drama „Ein Blick von der Brücke“ versteckt der Hafenarbeiter Eddie Carbone seine illegalen Vettern aus Sizilien. Als sich einer von ihnen in seine Nichte Catherine verliebt, führt Eddies Eifersucht zu einem Verrat und schließlich zu seinem tragischen Ende. Die neue Übersetzung bietet einen kraftvollen Dialog, der das Werk aktuell hält.

New York, gegen Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs: Newman, Personalchef einer angesehenen Firma, unterliegt dem Verbot, Juden einzustellen. Weil eine neue Brille sein Aussehen verändert hat, gerät er in Schwierigkeiten: so stellt sich das „gesunde Volksempfinden“ einen Juden vor. Als er daraufhin auf einen untergeordneten Posten versetzt wird, kündigt er und gibt sich nach langer vergeblicher Stellensuche mit einem einfachen Job zufrieden. Doch die Brille, das Symbol seines beruflichen und gesellschaftlichen Abstiegs, beginnt, ihm den Blick zu schärfen.

Ein Band, der alle Erzählungen des großen Dramatikers und einfühlsamen Chronisten Amerikas versammelt. In seinen Stücken widmete sich Arthur Miller den großen Themen seiner Zeit, in seinen Stories galt seine Aufmerksamkeit den unauffälligen, intimen Ereignissen im Leben des Einzelnen. »Arthur Miller lebt und atmet in diesen Geschichten … Sie vervollständigen sein Werk. Mehr noch: Sie sind ein fesselndes Selbstporträt.« Jane Smiley

Englische Literatur in Reclams Roter Reihe: das ist der englische Originaltext – mit Worterklärungen am Fuß jeder Seite, Nachwort und Literaturhinweisen. Das Stück, mit dem Arthur Miller seinen Durchbruch als Dramatiker erlebte. Kurz nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg geht es darin um einen Generationenkonflikt, um die Aufdeckung eines sorgsam vertuschten Verbrechens, um die zeitlosen Themen Schuld und Verantwortung gegenüber Familie und Nation. Verfilmt mit Edward G. Robinson und Burt Lancaster; große Beachtung fanden die Neuinszenierungen 2000 in London und 2008 am Broadway (mit Katie Holmes). Englische Lektüre: Niveau B2–C1 (GER)

Janice Sessions, Tochter jüdischer Emigranten in New York, ist eine unscheinbare Frau, eine der melancholischen Heldinnen Edward Hoppers. Zwischen den Kriegen treibt ihr Leben zwischen Deli und Greenwich Village dahin, bis sie einem blinden Musiker begegnet und die flüchtige sinnliche Schönheit des Glücks erfährt. »Arthur Millers Erzählung besticht durch ihre klare knappe Sprache. Er erzählt diese Geschichte von der Suche nach persönlichem Glück und Integrität auf bestechend einfühlsame Art. Ein Buch, das einen nicht so schnell wieder loslässt.« Sonntag

Kein anderer amerikanischer Autor kann auf eine so lange und so tiefe Auseinandersetzung mit dem kulturellen und politischen Leben in den Vereinigten Staaten zurückblicken wie Arthur Miller. Kaum einer hat so früh zu den bekannten Schriftstellern des Landes gehört, auf keinen anderen Intellektuellen hat sich die Neugier der Öffentlichkeit so konzentriert. Beginnend mit Erinnerungen an das New Yorker jüdisch-bürgerliche Elternhaus berichtet er über die Jahre der McCarthy-Ära und die Fünfziger Jahre, in denen er mit seinen Theaterstücken ›Der Tod des Handlungsreisenden‹ und ›Hexenjagd‹ zu Amerikas berühmtestem Dramatiker avancierte. Mit großer Einfühlsamkeit schreibt Miller über seine Ehe mit Marilyn Monroe, woraus deutlich wird, welch zentralen Platz er ihr in seinem Leben zuweist.»Arthur Miller hat ein herausragendes Erinnerungsbuch geschrieben, das keineswegs nur die Miller-Philologen, Theaterkritiker, Filmhistoriker und Monroe-Fans interessiert, sondern über weite Strecken eine bewegende Lektüre verspricht und den American Way of Life besser verstehen lehrt.«Frankfurter Rundschau

The Crucible is a dramatization of the Salem witch-hunt, which took place in colonial Massachusetts from 1692 to 1693. Arthur Miller wrote the play at the time of McCarthyism when the U.S. government officially blacklisted accused communists. The play is not only concerned with the parallels between the witch trials and the hearings of the McCarthy era in the 1950s, but is also a timeless parable about superstition, paranoia and the terror caused by false accusations.

Arthur Millers moderner Klassiker Death of a Salesman hat seit seinem Erscheinen gleichermaßen Bühne und Klassenzimmer erobert. Das Stück handelt von familiären Konflikten, beruflichen Schwierigkeiten, vom Altwerden, von Träumen und Wünschen in einer sich wandelnden Gesellschaft, von privatem Schicksal und kapitalistisch bestimmter Öffentlichkeit. Der American Dream wird zum American Nightmare.Durch die Vielzahl aufeinander bezogener Themen ist das mit dem Pulitzer-Preis ausgezeichnete Drama aus dem Jahr 1949 eine Einladung zur Diskussion sowohl Amerika-spezifischer als auch zeitlos aktueller Aspekte.Die vorliegende Ausgabe ist umfassend annotiert und enthält zahlreiche Lesebegleitfragen. Eine Zeitleiste zu Arthur Millers Leben und Werk und verschiedene Zusatztexte runden den Band ab. Geeignet ist die Lektüre für die Jahrgangsstufen 10 - 13.Zu dieser Textausgabe ist folgendes Unterrichtsmodell erschienen: Schöningh, Bestell-Nr.: 041175

Ende der 30er Jahre in New York: Die Jüdin Sylvia Gellburg leidet unter einer plötzlich auftretenden Lähmung der Beine. Ärzte und Psychologen finden keine eindeutige Erklärung. Ist die Ursache die problematische Beziehung zu ihrem Mann oder ihr Entsetzen über die Greueltaten im Nazi-Deutschland?

Hexenjagd/Der Tod des Handlungsreisenden - Zwei Stücke - bk179; Fischer Verlag; Arthur Miller; pocket_book; 1976

Psychologisches Meisterstück über Korruption. SW: Drama.

Second volume of plays in the reissued Arthur Miller Collection

A story of four lost souls - the beautiful Roslyn who has never belonged to anyone or anthything, and three other misfits who roam the open land existing on the little money made from riding in rodeos - who meet in Reno to discover that freedom has its price, and the heart its rules.

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"In this collected works, five of Arthur Miller's most-produced and popular plays are brought together in a new edition, alongside an exclusive introduction by Ivo van Hove, the celebrated contemporary director of Miller's works. All five plays were written by Miller within a ten-year period which began with his first Broadway hit, All My Sons, in 1947 which led Brooks Atkinson of the New York Times to state that 'theatre has acquired a genuine new talent.' This was followed in 1949 by his exploration of the American Dream in Death of a Salesman, which went on to win the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The Crucible followed in 1953, produced during the McCarthy era and becoming a parable of the witch-hunting practices of a government determined to root-out Communists. A View from the Bridge, originally performed in 1955, concerns the lives of longshoremen in the Brooklyn waterfront and has remained one of Miller's most produced plays. Originally presented as a one-act companion piece to A Memory of Two Mondays, both plays explore the dreams and working lives of ordinary Americans in the early decades of the 20th century. Freshly edited and featuring a bold new design, this updated edition of Arthur Miller Plays 1 is a must-have for theatre fans and students alike."--Back cover

In a building slated for imminent demolition, two brothers, long estranged, reunite to sell off their family's possessions. In short time the transaction draws in one man's wife and an ancient but still wily furniture dealer. And a crowded attic becomes the setting for an acrid, funny, and moving inquest into the wounds of family, the allure of the disposable, and the nature of human failure.

Fotoband mit Texten von Arthur Miller, Robert Delpire und Anna Farova „Fotos aus vier Jahrzehnten. Ein Lebenswerk aus Künstlerporträts, Reportagefotos aus Spanien und dem Iran, Backstagefotos von dem Film “The Misfits„ mit Marylin Monroe, New York gestern und heute, Inszenierungen von Mneschengruppen und Einzelpersonen. Das Mini-Universum unseres Jahrhunderts in Bildern.“ Die Welt

This book documents the making of the legendary film The Misfits (1961). Directed by the Hollywood auteur John Huston, it starred three of the most charismatic actors of all time - Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable and Montgomery Clift. Its script was composed by Arthur Miller, one of America's greatest playwrights and Marilyn's husband. As part of the promotional strategy for the film, the Magnum photographic agency was given exclusive access to the shoot. Nine of its most famous photographers - including Henri Cartier-Bresson, Eve Arnold and Elliott Erwitt - covered the production, both on and off the set. 200 of their pictures are reproduced in rich duotone, providing both a fascinating documentary of the making of a film and an intimate portrait of its stars. The photographs are paralleled with an essay by the Editor-in-Chief of the established film magazine Cahiers du cinéma , Serge Toubiana, in which he recounts the tragic and triumphant story of the film that was to become Monroe and Gable's swansong. The book also contains a revealing interview between Toubiana and Arthur Miller, in which Miller discusses the making of the film, the troubled relationships between the stars (including his own with Monroe) and the fascinating background to the photographs.

Set against the backdrop of the 1970s, the narrative explores the activism of Rabbi Meir Kahane and the Jewish Defense League as they confront Soviet officials to advocate for the rights of Soviet Jews. Their aggressive tactics aim to spotlight the struggle for freedom and human rights, reflecting the intense political climate of the era. The book delves into themes of activism, identity, and the complexities of Jewish life under oppression.

"The greatest American dramatist of our age" Evening Standard This fifth volume of Arthur Miller's work contains two plays from the early nineties: his highly acclaimed The Last Yankee (1993), which the Guardian called "a fine and moving play . . . Like all Miller's best work, it effortlessly links private and public worlds by connecting personal desperation to insane American values"; and The Ride Down Mount Morgan (1991), which explores themes of bigamy and betrayal, described as "searching, scorching, harsh but compassionate" (Sunday Times). Also contained in the volume is Almost Everybody Wins, the original version of the screenplay Arthur Miller wrote for Karel Reisz's film, "Everybody Wins".

Karel Čapek: W.U.R. Werstands universal Robots Edition Holzinger. Taschenbuch Berliner Ausgabe, 2017 Durchgesehener Neusatz bearbeitet und eingerichtet von Michael Holzinger Originaltitel: R.U.R. Rossum's Universal Robots. Erstdruck 1920. Hier in der deutschen Ubersetzung von Otto Pick, Prag, 1922. Herausgeber der Reihe: Michael Holzinger Reihengestaltung: Viktor Harvion Gesetzt aus der Minion Pro, 11 pt.

The only children's book penned by playwright Arthur Miller, Jane's Blanket intelligently and iconically details a touching truth of childhood. The first reprint since its 1963 release makes Arthur Miller's enduring message available to a new generation.

This volume contains four of the most important and famous plays of the American theatre. All were written by Arthur Miller within a ten-year period which began with his first Broadway hit in 1947: 'With the production of All My Sons,' wrote Brooks Atkinson in the New York Times, 'the theatre has acquired a genuine new talent.' This hit was followed by an even greater Death of a Salesman. 'A great play of our day', wrote the New York Herald Tribune and the play has gone on to become the classic American tragedy of Willy Loman, a salesman who becomes disillusioned with the American dream. The Crucible(1953) was produced during the McCarthy era and became a parable of the witch-hunting practises of a government rooting out Communists. A View from the Bridge(1955) concerns the lives of longshoremen in the Brooklyn waterfront and has remained one of Miller's most produced plays. A Memory of Two Mondays, a one-act play, was written as a companion piece to A View from the Bridge. "The greatest American dramatist of our age" (Evening Standard)

Edward Albee: The American DreamJack Richardson: Gallows HumourMurray Schisgal: The TypistsArthur Miller: Incident at Vichy

Miller is an excellent historian...and a fine biographer... [His] artful arrangement of his conclusions...makes the book something of an intellectual thriller.-New York Times Book Review.

In "Danger: Memory!" Two contrasting but thematically related one-act plays, I Can't Remember Anything and Clara, are concerned with remembrance. The first play portrays the shared and disputed recollections of two elderly friends, and Clara dramatizes the resistance to brutal present-day fact when a young woman's father speaks with a detective investigating her murder. Like all of Miller's plays, Danger: Memory! holds the powerful emotional charge and social perceptions associated with his work while reaching for one of the fundamental issues of mankind, the selective amnesia of the past.

Jew is only the name we give to that stranger. Each man has his Jew; it is the other. And the Jews have their Jews. Arthur Miller's largely forgotten masterpiece, Incident at Vichy is a prescient examination of the evil that exists in us all, inspired by a real-life incident in France in which a Gentile gave a Jew his identity pass during a check, which would have resulted in the Jew otherwise being sent to a concentration camp. This Methuen Drama Student Edition of the play includes commentary and notes by Joshua Polster, Emerson College, US, which investigate the politics of the play in the context of the African-American civil rights movement happening at the time; the Vietnam War; The House Committee on Un-American Activities; and the murder of Kitty Genovese, as well as exploring Miller's own relationships that were central to the play including with psychoanalyst Dr Rudolf Loewenstein, his wife Inge Morath and his friend Elia Kazan.

Anne-Marie Duff stars as Blanche DuBois in BBC Radio 3’s landmark production of Tennessee Williams’ masterpiece. The iconic play explores the catastrophic confrontation between fantasy and reality through Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski. Blanche unexpectedly arrives at her sister Stella's home, where her volatile brother-in-law Stanley resides. As a sultry New Orleans summer unfolds, Blanche's fragile façade disintegrates, disrupting Stella and Stanley's already tumultuous relationship. This drama captures the turmoil of a changing nation, stripping Williams's tortured characters of their illusions and leaving destruction in their wake. First performed in 1947, this beloved play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award in 1948, with a film adaptation earning four Oscars in 1951. In this compelling radio dramatization, Duff is joined by a stellar cast, including Matthew Needham as Stanley and Pippa Bennett-Warner as Stella. The production features John Heffernan as Mitch, David Sturzaker as Steve, Sarah Ridgeway as Eunice, and others. Dramatised by Sarah Churchwell and produced and directed by Sasha Yevtushenko, the duration is approximately 2 hours.

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer a look into critical elements and ideas within classic works of literature. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. CliffsNotes on Death of a Salesman shares an intimate glimpse into the dreams and disappointments of an American family. Following the story of Willy Loman, an aging salesman who can't accept change within himself and society, this study guide provides a character list, character map, and character analyses to explore the personalities within Arthur Miller's masterful play. Other features that help you figure out this important work include Classic literature or modern-day treasure—you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.

Powerful, passionate and frighteningly relevant, the drama of Arthur Miller deals in the hard currency of 'social' realism and tragedy. All My Sons (1947), which brought Miller his first major success, is a merciless exposure of wartime profiteering and the capitalist ethic. The ideological conflict of father and son is a compelling one, and points to the way Miller develops his later drama, where social issues are tempered and tautened by the theme of personal disintegration. Eddie, the her of A View From the Bridge (1955), is an illiterate longshoreman. His inexorable progress towards self-discovery and fall stirs emotions with the same painful intensity as the play jolts the intellect.

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Looks at the similarities between politics and acting, reviewing presidents of the twentieth-century and their skill as actors.

'Much like Mr. Miller, Quentin is a witness to alarming public and personal catastrophes: the stock market crash, the Holocaust, the McCarthy witchhunts and the self-destruction of a show business idol to whom he is married.' NEW YORK TIMES Haunted by past romantic failures, Quentin, a New York City Jewish intellectual, retreats into his mind as he debates marrying for a third time: as he revisits past loves and losses, his mind and memory fragments under philosophical questions; are our failures really just our own? Or is possible to hide away from the mistakes of the past? One of Miller's most personal plays, After the Fall takes place almost entirely inside the mind of the play's protagonist, who is often read as a stand-in for the playwright himself. Touching on themes of the Holocaust, McCarthyism and inherited sin, the play is one of the most discussed within Miller's canon. This Methuen Drama Student Edition is edited by Ramón Espejo-Romero, with commentary and notes that explore the play's production history (including excerpts from an interview with Michael Blakemore, former Associate Director of the Royal National Theatre,) as well as the dramatic, thematic and academic debates that surround it.

'Mr. Miller knows his audience... he is letting us know, the devil will have his due.' NEW YORK TIMES When insurance agent Lyman Felt is hospitalised following a near-fatal car crash, both of his wives show up at his bedside and his duplicitous bigamy is revealed. As his shocked spouses - the prim Theo and the assertive Leah - reel from this revelation and their husband's hypocrisy, an outrageous question is presented: is marriage actually easier this way? Touching on themes of betrayal, crisis and reconciliation, The Ride Down Mt. Morgan is one of Miller's more controversial works, and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play in 1991. This Methuen Drama Student Edition is edited by Thiago Russo, with commentary and notes that explore the play's production history (including excerpts from an interview with director David Esbjornson) as well as the dramatic, thematic and academic debates that surround it.

In »A View from the Bridge«, 1955 uraufgeführt (seine endgültige Fassung fand das Drama ein Jahr später in einer Inszenierung von Peter Brook), dramatisiert Arthur Miller eine Geschichte, die er einem New Yorker Hafenarbeiter verdankt und in der es um den Verrat eines italienischen Einwanderers an zwei illegal eingewanderten Verwandten geht. An dieser Geschichte faszinierte Miller besonders das, wie er es nannte, mythische Element. Die »Brücke« des Titels ist die Brooklyn Bridge, die den auf Long Island gelegenen Stadtteil Brooklyn mit der Südspitze Manhattans verbindet. Das Stück war Vorlage für Filme von Luchino Visconti (»Rocco und seine Brüder«) und Sidney Lumet; Dustin Hoffman spielte in einer New Yorker Inszenierung 1965 mit, Scarlett Johannson 2009. Ungekürzte und unbearbeitete Textausgabe in der Originalsprache, mit Übersetzungen schwieriger Wörter am Fuß jeder Seite, Nachwort und Literaturhinweisen.

Exploring themes of isolation and self-acceptance, this book encourages readers to confront their feelings of being trapped by their past experiences. It emphasizes the importance of understanding that every event has its purpose and promotes the idea of self-forgiveness. By embracing one's humanity, the narrative aims to inspire a sense of connection and resilience, reminding readers that they are not alone in their struggles.

"Listen to the dialogue: no other American dramatist has this feel for the ordinary talk of ordinary people, or the knowledge of what they do. This is more than a writer's craft, it is a psychological and moral openness to humanity, an act not of imitating, but of sharing". Sunday Times This fourth anthology features Arthur Miller's two early plays, The Golden Years, a historical tragedy about Montezuma's destruction at the hands of Cortez, and The Man Who Had All the Luck, a fable about human freedom and individual responsibility, are brought together in this volume. It also features two of his contemporary shorter plays, I Can't Remember Anything and Clara, first presented on a double bill as Danger! Memory. The latter focus on the importance and dangers of remembering the past, while the early plays, written at the time of the Second World War, mark the emergence of a drama in which public issues are rooted in private anxieties and chart the beginning of Miller's career that was one of the most distinguished in dramatic history. First produced in 1944 and revived in London in 2008, The Man Who Had All the Luck is a mesmerising drama in which the author's brilliance and characteristic qualities are already evident: The fourth volume of Miller's plays has been reissued with a new cover and features an introduction by the author and a chronology of his work.

"The greatest American dramatist of our age" - Evening Standard In this third volume of collected works, three of Arthur Miller's stage plays from the early 1980s are brought together in a new edition. Expanding on the themes and explorations of his earlier work, this volume also contains an introduction from the playwright himself, as well as an afterword by acclaimed Miller scholar Christopher Bigsby. A sweeping, hard-hitting look at the Great Depression of the 1930s, The American Clock(1982) is a vaudevillian celebration of American resilience and optimism in the face of national crisis, and was later performed on Broadway. Set in an Eastern European capital, The Archbishop's Ceiling (1984), examines the relationship between four writers, and the erosion of personal integrity during the cold war: a thrilling study of the effects of surveillance and political pressure on an individual's actions Also included is a revised version of Two-Way Mirror (1984): a double bill for a man and a woman, consisting of two short plays - Elegy for a Lady and Some Kind of Love Story. These fantastic two-handers explore the nuances in relationships, and have come to be come to be recognised as some sort of coded epitaph to the tumult and tragedy of Miller's marriage to Marilyn Monroe Freshly edited and featuring a bold new design, this updated edition of Arthur Miller Plays 3 is a must-have for theatre fans and students alike.

'A gentle, lyrical, Chekhovian evocation of the past, with that special unpretentious charm that special works sometimes have.' NEW YORK TIMES At an auto-parts warehouse in Brooklyn, life seems frozen in time: as workers of every age commute in, nothing ever seems to change. Newcomer Bert, only 18 years old, hopes to escape this world, earnestly saving his wages for college... but can such a dream survive his workplace's haze of hopelessness, despondency and alcoholism? A vivid rendering of life under the Great Depression, A Memory of Two Mondays perfectly captures the anxieties and concerns of the 1930s, autobiographically reflecting Miller's own experience as an 18-year-old in this period. This Methuen Drama Student Edition is edited by Stephen Marino, with commentary and notes that explore the play's production history (including excerpts from an interview with director Rob Roznowski) as well as the dramatic, thematic and academic debates that surround it.

'It is Mr. Miller's notion, potentially a great one, that the Baums' story can help tell the story of America itself during that traumatic era.' NEW YORK TIMES When the stock market crashes, the once-financially comfortable Baum family lose everything and are forced to leave their lofty home in Manhattan to live with relatives in Brooklyn: how can their pride, purpose and artistic endeavours survive such a sudden and shocking reversal of fortune? A sweeping, hard-hitting look at the Great Depression of the 1930s, The American Clock is a vaudevillian celebration of American resilience and optimism in the face of national crisis, and was performed on Broadway in 1980. This Methuen Drama Student Edition is edited by Jane K. Dominik, with commentary and notes that explore the play's production history (including excerpts from interviews with designers of the 1980 Broadway production) as well as the dramatic, thematic and academic debates that surround it.

This second volume of Arthur Miller's plays contains four stage plays from the sixties and seventies, taking up the theme of individual responsibility from his earlier work. The volume is introduced by the author.The Price (1968) is 'a beautifully intelligent play about two brothers who are pinned in positions of flight from their own histories that are as fruitless as the movements of the men at Pompeii...For Miller, heroism lies on the scale of a man's sense of the possibility of controlling his own life' (Observer). After the Fall (1964) is 'about how we - nations and individuals - destroy ourselves by denying that this is precisely what we are doing'. (Guardian)Incident at Vichy (1964) is 'a short but intense drama of Occupied France... a kind of suspense thriller with moral overtones, continuously absorbing' (New York Post). The Creation of the World and Other Business is based on the Biblical account and was Miller's first Broadway comedy, premiering in 1972. Also included are two of his screenplays: The Misfits, written for and filmed with Marilyn Monroe, and Playing for Time, televised with Vanessa Redgrave, and which won an Emmy award. 'The greatest American dramatist of our age' Evening Standard

'When the play focuses on the self-entrapment of the characters, Mr. Miller can be tender as well as trenchant' NEW YORK TIMES Two strangers meet in a New England psychiatric clinic, each visiting their admitted, depressed wife: one is a humble carpenter with seven children, the other a successful businessman in a childless marriage; both have been forgotten by the promise of the American Dream. Described by Miller as 'a comedy about a tragedy', this one-act play highlights the devastating consequences for those who fail to achieve the purported riches of the American Dream; a reality many face. This Methuen Drama Student Edition is edited by Ciarán Leinster, with commentary and notes that explore the play's production history (including excerpts from an interview with director David Thacker) as well as the dramatic, thematic and academic debates that surround it.

In the spring of 1948 Arthur Miller retreated to a log cabin in Connecticut with the first two lines of a new play already fixed in his mind. He emerged six weeks later with the final script of Death of a Salesman - a painful examination of American life and consumerism. Opening on Broadway the following year, Miller's extraordinary masterpiece changed the course of modern theatre. In creating Willy Loman, his destructively insecure anti-hero, Miller himself defined his aim as being 'to set forth what happens when a man does not have a grip on the forces of life'.