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Tag Archives: Timebends
Death of a Salesman (1951)
If you’ve read Arthur Miller’s Timebends then you know he was not happy with the 1951 film version of Death of a Salesman, with most of the original Broadway cast (Mildred Dunnock, Kevin McCarthy, Cameron Mitchell), and Fredric March in … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman, drama, Fredric March, literary adaptation, Mildred Dunnock, reviews, Timebends
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The Books: “Timebends: A Life” (Arthur Miller)
Daily Book Excerpt: Entertainment Biography/Memoir: Timebends: A Life, by Arthur Miller This is truly bizarre. Today happens to be Arthur Miller’s birthday. His is the next book on the shelf. So happy birthday, Arthur Miller. When Timebends came out, in … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Theatre
Tagged Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman, Elia Kazan, entertainment biography, Lee J. Cobb, Marilyn Monroe, politics, The Misfits, Timebends
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Arthur Miller on Marilyn Monroe
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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Tagged Arthur Miller, Marilyn Monroe, Timebends
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The Books: “Death Of a Salesman” (Arthur Miller)
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
Lee J. Cobb: “Like a giant moving the Rocky Mountains into position…”
I read Arthur Miller’s autobiography Timebends: A Life voraciously during my thesis acting project in graduate school. My project was a couple of different scenes from Miller’s play about his marriage to Marilyn Monroe: After the Fall. His passages about … Continue reading
Lee J. Cobb: “Like a giant moving the Rocky Mountains into position…”
Occasionally, if I need inspiration, if I need help sticking with my dreams, my plans … I take out Arthur Miller’s autobiography: Timebends. I read it voraciously during my thesis acting project in graduate school – My project was a … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman, Elia Kazan, Lee J. Cobb, Timebends
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