Arthur Miller
- Author John Lahr
- Narrator John Rubinstein
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date 11 October 2022
- Run Time 8 hours and 48 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Biography: general, Biography: writers.
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What to expect
A distinguished theater critic brings twentieth-century playwright Arthur Miller’s dramatic story to life with bold and revealing new insights.
John Lahr brings unique perspective to the life of Arthur Miller (1915–2005), the playwright who almost single-handedly propelled twentieth-century American theater to a new level of cultural sophistication.
This book, organized around the fault lines of Miller’s life—his family, the Great Depression, the rise of fascism, Elia Kazan and the House Committee on Un-American Activities, Marilyn Monroe, Vietnam, and the rise and fall of Miller’s role as a public intellectual—demonstrates the synergy between Arthur Miller’s psychology and his plays.
Concentrating largely on Miller’s most prolific decades of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, Lahr probes Miller’s early playwriting failures; his work writing radio plays during World War II after being rejected for military service; his only novel, Focus; and his succession of award-winning and canonical plays that include All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, and The Crucible, providing an original interpretation of Miller’s work and his personality.
Critics Review
“This succinct and gorgeously written portrait offers a keen psychological appraisal of Miller’s works and of Miller himself.”
“With rapt enthusiasm and fine attention to detail, narrator John Rubinstein…delivers this production as a critical appreciation and as a celebration of a singular and wholly American talent.”
“Lahr’s slender, sharp biography offers an engaging account of the playwright’s life…[and] provides a penetrating interpretation of Arthur Miller’s canonical works.”
“Lahr’s cogent analyses are revelatory but not surgical, and his sympathy never cloys…a critic who understands drama on the page and in the house.”
“Lahr, a prominent theater critic, delivers a no-filler biography that still leaves room for his keen critical insights.”
“Lahr shines in this searching account…Lahr’s at his best using small moments to illuminate his subject…It’s a great introduction to a giant of American letters.”
“Shows the ways in which [Miller’s] truth-seeking spirit manifested itself in one of the most storied playwriting careers ever…[and] how Miller’s experiences informed plays such as The Golden Years, The Price, The Crucible, and the Pulitzer-winning Salesman.”
“Utterly captivating.”
“Lahr lets us see the great American playwright with new eyes…No one writes more perceptively about the twentieth century theater than John Lahr.”
“Deeply readable and entertaining…Offers unique insight into how Miller’s mind works and how the details of his biography impacted his body of work.”
“Superbly written, impeccably researched…The close relationship between Miller and his plays is detailed and sympathetic. A classic book about a classic American playwright.”
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