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Arthur Miller: 1915-1962
bookshelves: under-20, radio-4x, published-2008, autumn-2014, biography, art-forms, fradio, nonfiction, newtome-author, author-in-the-mirror, politics, religion
Recommended for: BBC Radio Listeners
Read from September 26 to October 03, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01bwdvnDescription: Christopher Bigsby explores all of Arthur Miller's work, including plays, poetry, fiction and prose, in this comprehensive study. Using previously unpublished and unknown material, including conversations with Miller, Bigsby paints a compelling picture of how Miller's works were influenced by, and created in the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.
1/5 Growing up in Harlem in the Depression. Read by Henry Goodman. 2/5 The 1947 play All My Sons achieves major success.
Mary Grace Slattery 3/5 Success sparks fame, money and a meeting with Marilyn Monroe.
AM with MM 4/5 The playwright is summoned by the House Un-American Activities Committee. 5/5 With a crumbling marriage, Miller writes Marilyn Monroe a screenplay.Looks as if this radio version is better than the chunky, boring paper version. Doesn't happen often.
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