Arthur Miller, Moral Voice Of American Stage, Dies at 89 (Published 2005)

[NYTimes-Archive]: Arthur Miller, Moral Voice Of American Stage, Dies at 89 By Marilyn Berger, Feb. 12, 2005

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Interesting: Arthur Miller’s daughter with 3rd wife Inge Morath, Rebecca, is married to Daniel Day-Lewis.

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Bryan Cranston Draws on His Father’s Memory for Role in 'All My Sons' Bryan Cranston has taken inspiration from his own troubled relationship with his father for his starring role as Joseph Keller in the National Theatre production of Arthur Miller's 'All My Sons.' Cranston's father, Joseph Cranston, was a jobbing actor and scriptwriter who left the family when Bryan was 11. Although they later reconnected and stayed in contact until his father's death in 2014, the early abandonment left a lasting impact. Cranston channels this complex father-son dynamic into his portrayal of Keller, a self-made businessman who rationalizes his wrongdoings. Speaking with Sky News, Cranston reflected on how much of his father is present in the character, noting the irony that both share the name 'Joe.' Co-star Marianne Jean-Baptiste, who plays Keller's wife Kate, emphasized that their performance is rooted in the truth of the characters rather than contemporary politics. Cranston echoed this approach, highlighting the importance of remaining subjective and avoiding judgment of the character. Both actors acknowledged the timeless relevance of the play, especially in an era where perceptions of truth can outweigh truth itself. Directed by Ivo van Hove, 'All My Sons' will be available in cinemas worldwide through NT Live starting April 16. The production explores themes of family, responsibility, and morality, resonating with audiences in varied and personal ways.

Bryan Cranston Draws on His Father’s Memory for Role in 'All My Sons'

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Some notes on Arthur Miller and "The Last Yankee":

"What happens when an old moral identity survives—but no longer functions in the world that surrounds it?"

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AREN: Are you BaptIst! PATRICIA: Baptist? No, we're more Methodist. But the church I'd really love hasn't been invented yet. KAREN, charmed, slavishly interested: How would it be? PATRICIA, begins to describe it, breaks off: I can't describe it. A sign of lostness. I was raised Lutheran, of course. - But I often go to the Marble Baptist Church on Route gi? I've gotten to like that minister. —You hear what I'm saying, don't you? Karen looks at her nervously trying to remember. I must say it's kind of relaxing talking to you, Karen, knowing that you probably won't remember too much. But you'll come out of it all right, you're just a little scared, aren't you. —But who isn't? Slight pause. Doctor Rockwell is not going to believe I'm doing better without medication but I really think something's clicked inside me. A deep breath. I even seem to be breathing easier. And I'm not feeling that sort of fuzziness in my head. It's like some big bird has been hovering over me for fifteen years, and suddenly it's flown away. KAREN: I can't stand dead animals, can you? PATRICIA: Well just insist that he has to stop hunting! You don't have to stand for that, you're a person. KAREN: Well you know, men like to... PATRICIA: Not all-I've known some lovely men. Not many, but a few: This minister I mentioned?he came one day this summer and sat with me on our porch. and we had ice cream and talked for over an hour. You know, when he left his previous church they gave him a Pontiac Grand Am. He made me realize something: he said that I seem to be in like a constant state of prayer. And it's true; every once in a while it stops me short, realizing it. It's like inside me I'm almost continually talking to the Lord. Not in words exactly... just-you know-communicating with Him. Or trying to. Deeply excited, but suppressing it. I tell you truthfully, if 1 can really come out of this I'm going to... I don't know what... fall in love with God. I think I have already. KAREN You're really beautiful…

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KAREN: Well you know, men like to . . .

PATRICIA: Not all—I’ve known some lovely men. Not many, but a few. This minister I mentioned?—he came one day this summer and sat with me on our porch . . . and we had ice cream and talked for over an hour.

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“LYMAN: I’m sure. A new woman has always been an undiscovered shore, but I’d really like to go straight now, Tom. I want one woman for the rest of my life. And I can’t quite see it being Theodora.

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Playwright Kimberly Belflower: ‘Has a lot changed since #MeToo? Not really’ As the award-winning ‘John Proctor is the Villain’ comes to London, its creator reflects on the power of language to confront trauma

In my Arthur Miller phase and saw this--rather threw me; an interesting take. I don't necessarily buy into the thesis..but thought-provoking.

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RedBird Theater Presents The Price - Preview A spokesperson says--- “...Family dynamics, the value of furniture, and the cost of choice ignite a riveting struggle to make peace with the past and build h

Arthur Miller's classic play about reckoning with the price of the choices we make-- Click the link to read the preview in the Research Triangle edition of Picture This Post--

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"Here's to Nevada, the 'leave-it state'."

The Misfits, 1961. Isabelle Steer played by Thelma Ritter (1902-1969)

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Arthur Miller's "Incident at Vichy", 1964 and "Playing for Time", 1985 based on the memoir by Fania Fénelon, whose book recounts her survival in the women’s orchestra at Auschwitz concentration camp, ..

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Arthur Miller-Broken Glass-very late play-1994

Young Vic Theatre.

Very intense, psychological, disturbing play.

Dark, even for Miller.

Director - Jordan Fein (Fiddler, Into the Woods) - minimalist set, no intermission.

Recommended (run stops on 20th April).

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DEATH OF A SALESMAN on BROADWAY - Preview “...Nathan Lane, in a statement, said, “In 1995 while rehearsing a Terrence McNally play with Joe, he turned to me one afternoon out of the blue and quietly

Nathan Lane as Willy Loman! With Laurie Metcalf and. more. This rendition of this classic promises to be spectacular--Click the link to read the preview in the Picture This Post Broadway roundup--

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“LEE: [..] She was so like the country; money obsessed her, but what she really longed for was some kind of height where she could stand and see out and around and breathe in the air of her own free life.

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“LEE: [..] even though I knew we had a long bad time ahead of us. And so, like most people, I waited with that crazy kind of expectation that comes when there is no hope, waited for the dream to come back from wherever it had gone to hide.”

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“ROBERTSON: Exactly, and GE is the fastest-growing company in the world because. . . .

QUINN, loves *this point*: . . . because we’ve had the capital to buy up one independent business after another. . . .

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“MARCUS: You’re a lucky generation, you missed everything.

ADRIAN: I wonder sometimes. History came at us like a rumor. We were never really there.

MARCUS: Is that why you come here?

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"It’s an interesting problem—whether it matters who anyone is or what anyone thinks, when all that counts anymore—is power.”

Excerpt From
The Archbishop’s Ceiling, 1977
The Penguin Arthur Miller Centennial, 1915-2015
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Author of the Year: 2005

The most significant author who died in this year.

Arthur Miller (1915-2005)

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Excerpt From
The Archbishop’s Ceiling, 1977
The Penguin Arthur Miller Centennial, 1915-2015
Arthur Miller

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ARTHUR MILLER Blog dedicato alla critica letteraria,operistica, musicale, teatrale,da parte di un musicista-loggionista appassionato ovvero io: Stefano Villa

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On February 10th, 2005: #ArthurMiller, American #playwright (Death of a Salesman; The Crucible), died of #heartfailure while battling bladder #cancer at 89.
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🎭 #TalDíaComoHoy en 2005 fallecía uno de los mejores dramaturgos del s.XX, #ArthurMiller.
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“Until an hour before the Devil fell, God thought him beautiful in Heaven.” - #ArthurMiller (died: 10 February 2005)

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"And yet one can’t forever stand on the shore; at some point, even if filled with indecision, skepticism, reservation and doubt, you either jump in or concede that life is forever elsewhere."

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"..'The Price' feels so stripped, so unsparing. It is Miller writing after the American myths have been fully tested, and found wanting.

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“VICTOR: Walter, I haven’t got the education, what are you talking about? You can’t walk in with one splash and wash out twenty-eight years. There’s a price people pay. I’ve paid it, it’s all gone, I haven’t got it any more.

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['Incident at Vichy', Arthur] Miller is showing the only thing that actually interrupts mass injustice:

Not outrage
Not ideology
Not even belief

but the willingness to accept personal risk for another person’s life.

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“VON BERG, *after a pause*: I supported a small orchestra. When the Germans came into Austria three of the players prepared to escape. I convinced them no harm would come to them; I brought them to my castle; we all lived together.

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Arthur Miller’s The Price to be revived at Marylebone Theatre with lead casting revealed Henry Goodman returns to the London stage as Gregory Solomon

Arthur Miller’s The Price to be revived at Marylebone Theatre with lead casting revealed

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