Arthur Miller
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Publicado: 18 de abril de 2012
Yulia Rodriguez
8/6/10
Interesting Facts: Arthur Miller
* Miller was found in contempt of court because he would not name suspected communists duringCongressional hearings in 1957.
* He belie\ves that there is no God this is called an astheist.
* Miller married the famous artist Agnes Barley.
* Millerwas ineligible for military service during World War II, so he wrote patriotic plays for the radio. He also volunteered to repair military boats in New Yorkharbor.
* Miller got the idea for Death of a Salesman from his uncle Manny, who was a salesman.
* Miller was married four times: Mary Slattery, Marilyn Monroe,Inge Morath, and Agnes Barley.
* Miller created works of art, inspired by the actual events for the artistic/political purposes Miller intended: firstproduced on Broadway on January 22, 1953, it was in response to the panic caused by irrational fear of Communism during the Cold War which resulted in the hearings bythe House Committee on Un-American Activities this is referring to the book written called “The Crucible”.
* A revised version of Arthur Miller's play writtenat the University of Michigan in 1936, No Villain, is given an amateur production as They Too Arise at the Lyric Mendelssohn Theatre in Ann Arbor. A year later itwins the Theatre Guild's award for best work by an unknown playwright.
* Miller is elected president of PEN International (International Association of Poets,Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, and Novelists). His term expired in four years (1965).
* Miller dies of heart failure on February 11 2005 at the age of 89.
8/6/10
Interesting Facts: Arthur Miller
* Miller was found in contempt of court because he would not name suspected communists duringCongressional hearings in 1957.
* He belie\ves that there is no God this is called an astheist.
* Miller married the famous artist Agnes Barley.
* Millerwas ineligible for military service during World War II, so he wrote patriotic plays for the radio. He also volunteered to repair military boats in New Yorkharbor.
* Miller got the idea for Death of a Salesman from his uncle Manny, who was a salesman.
* Miller was married four times: Mary Slattery, Marilyn Monroe,Inge Morath, and Agnes Barley.
* Miller created works of art, inspired by the actual events for the artistic/political purposes Miller intended: firstproduced on Broadway on January 22, 1953, it was in response to the panic caused by irrational fear of Communism during the Cold War which resulted in the hearings bythe House Committee on Un-American Activities this is referring to the book written called “The Crucible”.
* A revised version of Arthur Miller's play writtenat the University of Michigan in 1936, No Villain, is given an amateur production as They Too Arise at the Lyric Mendelssohn Theatre in Ann Arbor. A year later itwins the Theatre Guild's award for best work by an unknown playwright.
* Miller is elected president of PEN International (International Association of Poets,Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, and Novelists). His term expired in four years (1965).
* Miller dies of heart failure on February 11 2005 at the age of 89.
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