Tag Archives: Timebends

Death of a Salesman (1951)

Posted on October 26, 2013 by sheila

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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The Books: “Timebends: A Life” (Arthur Miller)

Posted on October 17, 2008 by sheila

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 →

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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: “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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Lee J. Cobb: “Like a giant moving the Rocky Mountains into position…”

Posted on February 11, 2005 by sheila

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 →

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Lee J. Cobb: “Like a giant moving the Rocky Mountains into position…”

Posted on January 27, 2004 by sheila

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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