BigsbyCambridge University Press, 1/12/2008EAN 9780521605533, ISBN10: 0521605539Paperback, 528 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.4 cmLanguage: EnglishChristopher Bigsby explores the entirety of Arthur Miller's work, including plays, poetry, fiction and films, in this comprehensive and stimulating study. Drawing on interviews conducted over the last twenty years, on unique rehearsal material and research archives, he paints a compelling picture of how Miller's works were influenced by and created in the light of events of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This is an enjoyable insight into a great playwright that will interest both theatregoers and students of modern drama.AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. The Michigan plays2. The Golden Years, The Half-Bridge, Boro Hall Nocturne3. The radio plays4. The Man Who Had All the Luck5. Focus6. All My Sons7. Death of a Salesman8. Arthur Millertime-traveller9. An Enemy of the People10. The Crucible11. A Memory of Two Mondays12. A View from the Bridge13. Tragedy14. The Misfits15. After the Fall16. Incident at Vichy17. The Price18. The Creation of the World and Other Business19. The Archbishop's Ceiling20. Playing for Time21. The shearing point22. The American Clock23. The one-act playsTwo-Way Mirror and DangerMemory!24. The Ride Down Mount Morgan25. The Last Yankee26. Broken Glass27. Mr Peters' Connections28. Resurrection Blues29. Finishing the Picture30. Fiction31. Arthur Miller as a Jewish writerNotesIndex.'Bigsby's epic study is readable, comprehensive and profound. It's not a beginner's guide, and plot summaries rapidly give way to in-depth discussion, with brief biographical links rounding off each chapter. Given the massive task, the evidence of haste in some of the writing is excusable. This book is clearly a must not only for Miller fans, but for anyone wanting to know about the post-war struggles of the engaged artist - committed both to accounting for his life, and bearing witness to history.' The Independent
