Arthur Miller…the author of The Crucible

Quick facts

Name: Arthur Miller"Occupation: playwright"October 17, 1915 (New York City, New York) - February 10, 2005 (Roxbury, Connecticut)"Best known play: Death of a Salesman

Early life

grows up in a moderately affluent household until family loses almost everything in the Wall Street Crash of 1929"has to work hard after high school to save money for university"writes first play, No Villain, already in college

Playwriting career

does not become famous right from the start"February 10, 1949: Death of a Salesman opens at the Morosco Theatre"Pulitzer Prize, New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award, a Tony

Playwriting career

1953: Miller writes the play The Crucible"dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials"took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay during 1692/3

Love life

Until 1956: married to first wife, Mary Slattery"shortly after: marries Marilyn Monroe, but divorce around 1961"several months later: Miller marries the photographer Inge Morath, from Austria

Final years

Miller deals with even weightier societal and personal topics in his work"1968: The Price (about family dynamics)"In 2002, Miller’s third wife dies "February 10, 2005: Miller himself dies of heart failure

Bibliography

Arthur Miller: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Arthur-miller.jpg"Death of a Salesman -cover: http://diamondsharp.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/death-of-a-salesman-cover.jpg"The Crucible: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/75/Cruciblecover.jpg"Miller and Monroe: http://nomansjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Monroe-and-Miller-2629049a.png

Your while-reading task…

Annotate each act in a response journal (explained on p. 51). You can make annotations in the book or on an extra sheet of paper.