Arthur was born in October 17, 1915, in New York, Miller majored in journalism and worked as a reporter and editor for the college newspaper. He later switched his major to english, and one of his professors mentored him in playwriting. His first play produced on New York’s Broadway was The Man Who Had All The Luck, which closed after only flour performances in 1944 (Krasner).
Years later, Miller would write a play about the …show more content…
The couple's second child Daniel was born in 1966 with down syndrome and was institutionalized shortly after his birth. Today Rebecca Miller is a film director, actress, and writer. "The Misfits", which he later adapted as a vehicle for his second wife, Marilyn Monroe (“Arthur Miller” Contemporary Authors).
All My Sons is a 1947 play by Arthur Miller. It opened on Broadway at the Coronet Theatre in New York City on January 29, 1947, closed on November 8, 1949 and ran for 328 performances. It was directed by Elia Kazan, produced by Elia Kazan and Harold Clurman, and won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. It starred Ed Begley, Beth Miller, Arthur Kennedy, and Karl Malden and won both the Tony Award for Best Author and the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play. The play was adapted for films in 1949 and 1987 (“Explanation Of”).
All My Sons has been incorrectly categorized as the Best Play of 1947, but it won the Best Author award for Arthur Miller. The following year Mister Roberts received the first Tony Award as Best Play. The award goes to the authors and the producers of the play (“Explanation