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Arthur Miller (1) (1915–2005)

Autor/a de The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts

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155+ obres 37,420 Membres 395 Ressenyes 46 preferits

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The son of a well-to-do New York Jewish family, Miller graduated from high school and then went to work in a warehouse. He was born on October 17, 1915, in Harlem, New York City. His plays have been called "political," but he considers the areas of literature and politics to be quite separate and mostra'n més has said, "The only sure and valid aim---speaking of art as a weapon---is the humanizing of man." The recurring theme of all his plays is the relationship between a man's identity and the image that society demands of him. After two years, he entered the University of Michigan, where he soon started writing plays. All My Sons (1947), a Broadway success that won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1947, tells the story of a son, home from the war, who learns that his brother's death was due to defective airplane parts turned out by their profiteering father. Death of a Salesman (1949), Miller's experimental yet classical American tragedy, received both the Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1949. It is a poignant statement of a man facing himself and his failure. In The Crucible (1953), a play about bigotry in the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692, Miller brings into focus the social tragedy of a society gone mad, as well as the agony of a heroic individual. The play was generally considered to be a comment on the McCarthyism of its time. Miller himself appeared before the Congressional Un-American Activities Committee and steadfastly refused to involve his friends and associates when questioned about them. His screenplay for The Misfits (1961), from his short story, was written for his second wife, actress Marilyn Monroe (see Vol. 3); After the Fall (1964) has clear autobiographical overtones and involves the story of this ill-fated marriage as well as further dealing with Miller's experiences with McCarthyism. In the one-act Incident at Vichy (1964), a group of men are picked off the streets one morning during the Nazi occupation of France. The Price (1968) is a psychological drama concerning two brothers, one a police officer, one a wealthy surgeon, whose long-standing conflict is explored over the disposal of their father's furniture. The Creation of the World and Other Business (1973) is a retelling of the story of Genesis, attempted as a comedy. The American Clock (1980) explores the impact of the Depression on the nation and its individual citizens. Among Miller's most recent works is Danger: Memory! (1987), a study of two elderly friends. During the 1980s, almost all of Miller's plays were given major British revivals, and the playwright's work has been more popular in Britain than in the United States of late. Miller died of heart failure after a battle against cancer, pneumonia and congestive heart disease at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut. He was 89 years old. (Bowker Author Biography) Arthur Miller, American playwright, was born on October 17, 1915, in New York City. He earned an AB from the University of Michigan and began to write plays while still a student. He won the first of his many awards, the Avery Hopwood Prize of the University of Michigan, for his first play, Honors at Dawn. This was followed by many other award-winning plays. One of the best-known of these, Death of a Salesman, won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1949 as well as a Drama Critics Circle Award; it continues to be one of the most frequently performed and adapted plays of this century. Some of his other titles include The Crucible, A View From the Bridge, The Misfits, After the Fall, and Vichy. Miller also wrote several travel pieces, including In Russia and Chinese Encounters (both in collaboration with his third wife, Ingeborg Morath); a novel, Focus; and the autobiography, Timebends: A Life. Arthur Miller was married to Mary Grace Slattery in 1940. They had two children and were divorced in 1952. In 1956, he married actress Marilyn Monroe and they divorced in 1961. He married Morath in 1962 and they have two children together. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
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Obres de Arthur Miller

The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts (1953) — Autor — 15,251 exemplars
Death of a Salesman (1948) 12,106 exemplars
A View from the Bridge (1955) 1,082 exemplars
All My Sons (1947) 1,079 exemplars
After the Fall (1964) 605 exemplars
Timebends: A Life (1987) 564 exemplars
The Portable Arthur Miller (1971) 406 exemplars
Focus (1945) 395 exemplars
An Enemy of the People (1950) 339 exemplars
The Price (1968) — Autor — 281 exemplars
Incident at Vichy [2016 TV movie] (1964) — Play — 252 exemplars
The Misfits (1961) — Autor — 159 exemplars
The Ride Down Mt. Morgan (1991) 148 exemplars
The Crucible: Text and Criticism (1971) 139 exemplars
Presence: Stories (2007) 134 exemplars
Broken Glass (1994) 132 exemplars
Plain Girl (1992) — Autor — 100 exemplars
Collected Plays 1964-1982 (2012) 98 exemplars
Collected Plays (1957) 97 exemplars
The Misfits [1961 film] (1961) — Screenwriter — 92 exemplars
Playing for Time (1985) 74 exemplars
The Penguin Arthur Miller: Collected Plays (2015) — Autor — 73 exemplars
I Don't Need You Any More (1967) — Autor — 71 exemplars
Danger: Memory! (1986) 61 exemplars
Collected Plays 1987-2004 (2015) 54 exemplars
The Man Who Had All the Luck (1940) 53 exemplars
Resurrection Blues (2002) 52 exemplars
Death of a Salesman [1985 TV movie] (1985) — Screenwriter — 51 exemplars
The Misfits, story of a shoot (1672) 50 exemplars
The American Clock (1980) 49 exemplars
The Crucible: A Screenplay (1996) 45 exemplars
The Last Yankee (1991) 44 exemplars
Chinese Encounters (1979) 43 exemplars
Mr. Peters' Connections (1998) — Autor — 38 exemplars
Salesman in Beijing (1984) 36 exemplars
The Archbishop's Ceiling (1977) 33 exemplars
A Memory of Two Mondays (1955) 33 exemplars
The Last Yankee & Broken Glass (1994) 27 exemplars
In Russia (1969) 24 exemplars
Jane's Blanket (1963) 20 exemplars
Hexenjagd: Der Tod Des Handlungsreisenden (1960) — Autor — 17 exemplars
Some Kind of Love Story (1983) 13 exemplars
The Crucible by Arthur Miller (1986) 13 exemplars
Playing for Time [1980 film] (1980) — Writer — 12 exemplars
Teatro 11 exemplars
Drámák (1974) 11 exemplars
Everybody Wins: A Screenplay (1984) 10 exemplars
Teatro reunido (2015) 8 exemplars
Elegy For a Lady. (1982) 7 exemplars
La política i l'art d'actuar (2002) 6 exemplars
Plays : one (1986) 6 exemplars
Muerte de un viajante (pdf) (2015) 5 exemplars
Collected Plays: v. 1 (1974) 5 exemplars
Final Edition (1981) 4 exemplars
Everybody Wins [1990 film] (2005) — Writer — 4 exemplars
Collected plays, 1944-1961 (2011) 4 exemplars
Stücke 1 (2009) 3 exemplars
Enchanté de vous connaître (Pavillons poche) (2013) — Autor — 2 exemplars
Pascal Covici, 1888-1964 (1964) — Col·laborador — 2 exemplars
Widerhall der Zeit : Essays (2003) 2 exemplars
Dramak 1 exemplars
The Misfits 1 exemplars
Bulldog [short story] (1983) 1 exemplars
Situation Normal 1 exemplars
I Kina (1979) 1 exemplars
TDR #177 1 exemplars
Miller Arthur 1 exemplars

Obres associades

Un tramvia anomenat Desig (1947) — Introducció, algunes edicions7,986 exemplars
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Col·laborador, algunes edicions915 exemplars
Prisoner without a Name, Cell without a Number (1980) — Pròleg, algunes edicions469 exemplars
Six Great Modern Plays (1956) — Col·laborador — 468 exemplars
The Best American Short Stories 2002 (2002) — Col·laborador — 462 exemplars
Telling Tales (2004) — Col·laborador — 344 exemplars
Literature: The Human Experience (2006) — Col·laborador — 338 exemplars
24 Favorite One Act Plays (1958) — Col·laborador — 283 exemplars
Famous American Plays of the 1940s (1900) — Col·laborador — 232 exemplars
The Best American Essays 1999 (1999) — Col·laborador — 184 exemplars
Masterpieces of the Drama (1966) — Col·laborador — 178 exemplars
This Is My Best: Great Writers Share Their Favorite Work (2004) — Col·laborador — 159 exemplars
Writers at Work 03 (1967) — Interviewee — 142 exemplars
Granta 78: Bad Company (2002) — Col·laborador — 135 exemplars
New voices in the American theatre (1955) — Col·laborador — 114 exemplars
Telling Tales and Other New One-Act Plays (1993) — Col·laborador — 113 exemplars
One Act: Eleven Short Plays of the Modern Theater (1961) — Col·laborador — 106 exemplars
The Crucible [1996 film] (1997) — Original play — 93 exemplars
Great Esquire Fiction (1983) — Col·laborador — 70 exemplars
Best American Plays: Third Series, 1945-1951 (1952) — Col·laborador — 69 exemplars
Contemporary Drama: 15 Plays (1959) — Col·laborador — 69 exemplars
The Jewish Writer (1998) — Col·laborador — 52 exemplars
Contemporary Drama - 11 Plays (1956) — Col·laborador — 46 exemplars
Modern and Contemporary Drama (1958) — Col·laborador — 43 exemplars
Best American Plays: Fourth Series, 1951-1957 (1958) — Col·laborador — 42 exemplars
In Search of the Simple Life: American Voices, Past and Present (1986) — Col·laborador — 35 exemplars
Cuba on the Verge: An Island in Transition (2003) — Epíleg — 34 exemplars
50 Best Plays of the American Theatre [4-volume set] (1969) — Col·laborador — 33 exemplars
14 great plays (1977) — Col·laborador — 31 exemplars
A Treasury of the Theatre: From Henrik Ibsen to Eugène Ionesco (1960) — Col·laborador — 30 exemplars
The Best American Short Stories 1967 (1967) — Col·laborador — 28 exemplars
The Best American Political Writing 2002 (2002) — Col·laborador — 27 exemplars
Best American Plays: 7th Series, 1967-1973 (1975) — Col·laborador — 24 exemplars
America on Stage : Ten Great Plays of American History (1976) — Col·laborador — 22 exemplars
Inge Morath: The Road to Reno (2006) — Epíleg, algunes edicions21 exemplars
Death of a Salesman [1966 TV movie] (1966) — Original play — 13 exemplars
The Best American Short Stories 1962 (1962) — Col·laborador — 12 exemplars
The Best American Short Stories 1960 (1960) — Col·laborador — 11 exemplars
Brooklyn Bridge [1981 TV episode] (2004) — Narrador — 10 exemplars
Mystery in the Mainstream: An Anthology of Literary Crimes (1986) — Col·laborador — 9 exemplars
Focus [2001 movie] (2002) 6 exemplars
50 Best Plays of the American Theatre, Volume 4 — Col·laborador — 4 exemplars
All My Sons [1987 TV movie] — Original play — 2 exemplars
50 Best Plays of the American Theatre, Volume 3 — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
After the Fall [1974 TV movie] — Original play — 1 exemplars
32 Współczesne Opowiadania Amerykańskie - Tom I — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars

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sllorens | Hi ha 115 ressenyes més | Nov 23, 2021 |
A painful examination of American life and the American dream.
 
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marialluisa | Hi ha 115 ressenyes més | Feb 3, 2016 |
El de Todos eran mis hijos es un texto brillante. Ágil, inteligente, lleno de emoción y denso en planteamientos que podríamos denominar "éticos"; cuestiones que afectan al ámbito familiar y social de cualquier individuo en cualquier contexto.

Sé que estas concluiones son muy personales pero a mí, entre otras muchas cosas, esta obra me habló de la honestidad y la manipulación en las relaciones; de la responsabilidad que tenemos sobre nuestras acciones; de la tentación de la frivolidad y el "no querer ver" frente a ciertas injusticias; de la vulnerabilidad del ser humano y la complejidad de sus sentimientos; del miedo a enfrentar la verdad de nosotros mismos y del mundo que nos rodea...

La historia está ambientada en Estados Unidos, al fin de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Se nos presenta una familia aparentemente feliz, en un ambiente acomodado y sospechosamente afable. Porche, limonada, vecinos amigables... Poco a poco, enredados en un argumento complejo que va iluminándose lentamente, descubrimos que tras esa fachada de alegría y comodidad, se esconde el drama de un hijo desaparecido en la guerra, la negación de su madre a aceptar que éste puede haber muerto, las contradicciones de su padre (propietario de una empresa de armamento), la culpa de su hermano (enamorado de quien fuera novia del desaparecido)...

Creo que ésta es una historia de silencios. De grandes silencios que van pesando cada vez más al lector y que se desploman hacia el final de la obra, dejándole a uno exhausto pero casi aliviado. Conmovido pero lúcido. Como si de pronto todo tuviera sentido y uno se sorprendiera de no haberse dado cuenta antes. Quizá ése es el gran logro de esta obra; que uno termina siendo partícipe del engaño, de la mentira en que viven los personajes. Porque en realidad resulta mucho más fácil y agradable, mucho menos doloroso, dejarse envolver por la belleza. Aunque sea ficticia.
[Font: http://unlibroaldia.blogspot.com/2010/11/arther-miller-todos-eran-mis-hijos.html...
… (més)
 
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BibliotecadeBlanes | Aug 2, 2011 |

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Obres
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També de
55
Membres
37,420
Popularitat
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Valoració
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Ressenyes
395
ISBN
795
Llengües
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Preferit
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