Jonathan Croall

A serious man

For much of the second half of his life Arthur Miller was a man whose future lay behind him.

issue 19 February 2011

  • Arthur Miller 1962-2005

    Christopher Bigsby

    Weidenfeld, pp. 602

For much of the second half of his life Arthur Miller was a man whose future lay behind him. The acclaimed American playwright, celebrated for classics such as The Crucible, All My Sons, A View from the Bridge and Death of a Salesman, struggled to get his later plays staged in his own country.

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