Tag Archives: Arthur Miller

The Books: “Some Kind of Love Story” (Arthur Miller)

Posted on December 17, 2005 by sheila

Next on the script shelf Next play in my little unalphabetized pile of Samuel French plays is Arthur Miller’s one-act Some Kind of Love Story – Acting Edition. I love this play – I’ve worked on it before in scene … Continue reading →

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Marilyn Monroe Hanging Out With Clifford Odets

Posted on November 20, 2005 by sheila

From Who the Hell’s in It: Conversations with Hollywood’s Legendary Actors, by Peter Bogdonavich: I recalled Orson Welles telling me about being at a Hollywood party which Marilyn attended (circa 1946 or ’47) while she was still a lowly starlet, … Continue reading →

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Arthur Miller on Marilyn Monroe

Posted on November 20, 2005 by sheila

Arthur Miller wrote, in his autobiography Timebends: A Life: She was a whirling light to me then, all paradox and enticing mystery, street-tough one moment, then lifted by a lyrical and poetic sensitivity that few retain past early adolescence. Sometimes … Continue reading →

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The Books: “After the Fall” (Arthur Miller)

Posted on August 3, 2005 by sheila

Next in my Daily Book Excerpt: Next play on the script shelf: After the Fall: A Play in Two Acts (Penguin Plays) by Arthur Miller. This play, while not his best, is very near to my heart – because of … Continue reading →

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The Books: “Death Of a Salesman” (Arthur Miller)

Posted on August 2, 2005 by sheila

Next in my Daily Book Excerpt: Death of a Salesman (Penguin Plays) by Arthur Miller. This play needs no introduction. Although I will link to this a post where I excerpt Miller’s autobiography about the life-changing opening of the first … Continue reading →

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Harold Bloom on Death of a Salesman

Posted on February 12, 2005 by sheila

Harold Bloom had this to say about “Death of a Salesman: I myself resist the drama each time I reread it, because it seems that its language does not hold me, and then I see it played onstage . . … Continue reading →

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Billy Crystal Remembers

Posted on February 12, 2005 by sheila

Billy Crystal remembering Mr. Miller:: When I auditioned unsuccessfully, for “Death of a Salesman” with Dustin Hoffman, I met Arthur Miller and got him to autograph a copy of the play for me. He told me that he was fascinated … Continue reading →

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John Updike Remembers

Posted on February 12, 2005 by sheila

John Updike remembers his friend: I went to the Soviet Union [in 1964] for a month as part of a cultural exchange program … I came way from that month … with a hardened antipathy to communism … There was … Continue reading →

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Pinter on Miller

Posted on February 12, 2005 by sheila

“I’m pretty convinced he was writing until the day of his death. He was born with the pen in his hand.” — Harold Pinter on his good friend Arthur Miller

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“Attention must be paid.”

Posted on February 11, 2005 by sheila

From “Death of a Salesman”, by Arthur Miller: Don’t say he’s a great man. Willy Loman never made a lot of money. His name was never in the paper. He’s not the finest character that ever lived. But he’s a … Continue reading →

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