American Decades
"The American Theatre"
Magazine article
By: Arthur Miller
Date: 1954
Source: Miller, Arthur. "The American Theatre." Holiday, 1954. Reprinted in The Passionate Playgoer. George Oppenheimer, ed. New York: Viking, 1962, 29–32.
About the Author: Arthur Miller (1915–) is one of the foremost playwrights of the postwar American theater. Born and raised in New York City, he studied journalism at the University of Michigan. His works include All My Sons (1947), Death of a Salesman (1949), and The Crucible (1953).
Introduction
Arthur Miller's first full-length play for Broadway, The Man Who Had All the Luck (1944), lasted less than a week. His first success was All My Sons, a play that centers on the corruption of a successful defense industry businessman and the consequences for his family. His next play, Death of a Salesman, won the...
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