Remembering Arthur Miller

[Scheherazade]

Having heard of Arthur Miller's death, I thought we could read one of his plays to remember him. We can either choose one for April or read it during March along with our monthly book (only those who are interested, needless to say). Please post here:

*your opinions and
*plays you might consider reading

and

*vote for when you would like read it.

[amuse]

excellent thought, Scher.
i'd be interested. have read the crucible, but not death of a salesman.

[Sitaram]

Curiously enough, my father, who is a healthy age 88, and not really what one would call a big fan of literature, .... recently he read "Death of a Salesman', ... I cannot remember what he gave as his reason for doing so, but I do remember him saying he found it tedious and depressing, and he was something of a salesman himself for over 50 years, and worked with many many salesmen.... but I myself read the book in high school and saw the play on PBS public educational television, as a teenager, and was quite impressed with it.

As I think about my father, I realize that he has always been an incredible optimist (old saying: a pessimist is an optimist with on-the-job-training).... but I think his optimism was a big factor in his survival both in business and his biological longevity, so... I think it is hard for him to relate to the pessimism inherent in that excellent play.

[Scheherazade]

I have read four of Miller's plays:
'Death of a Salesman'
'All My Sons'
'View from A Bridge'
'The Crucible'

'The Crucible' is by far my favorite;I found 'Salesman' too depressing;'All My Sons' too sad. 'Bridge' is very good too to show the human misery.

[mono]

Good idea, Scher! Though I voted for 'Yes, in April along with our usual book,' the 'Yes, in April as the monthly book' I suggest too; either works.

[Jester]

i read salesman and crucible in high school, would prefer reading a new one but this is a very good idea scher..!

[MikeReedKS]

Please visit the Arthur Miller memorial website at http://RememberedByUs.com/ArthurMiller

Light a virtual candle and leave a personal message about how this literary giant affected your life or simply to help those who grieve remember him fondly and forever.

Thank you.

[subterranean]

Who is Arthur Miller?

[mono]

Who is Arthur Miller?
I found a decent site for you, sub, featuring a good summary of Arthur Miller and his works.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/miller_a.html

[Scheherazade]

There seems to be enough people interested in reading a Miller play. After doing some research, I have come up with this list of his plays:

After The Fall http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140481621/ref=ase_imaginationcom/104-5077893-4959955?v=glance&s=books

All My Sons http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0141185465/ref=pd_sim_b_2/104-5077893-4959955?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance

A View from the Bridge http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140481354/ref=pd_bxgy_text_1/104-5077893-4959955?v=glance&s=books&st=*

An Enemy of the People http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140481400/ref=ase_imaginationcom/104-5077893-4959955?v=glance&s=books

The Crucible http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140481389/ref=ase_imaginationcom/104-5077893-4959955?v=glance&s=books

Death of A Salesman http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140481346/ref=ase_imaginationcom/104-5077893-4959955?v=glance&s=books

The Creation of the World and Other Business http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0822202492/ref=ase_imaginationcom/104-5077893-4959955?v=glance&s=books

Incident at Vichy http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140481931/ref=ase_imaginationcom/104-5077893-4959955?v=glance&s=books

The Price http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/014048194X/ref=ase_imaginationcom/104-5077893-4959955?v=glance&s=books

The Ride Down Mt. Morgan http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140482369/ref=ase_imaginationcom/104-5077893-4959955?v=glance&s=books


If you have any other suggestions to replace the ones listed above, please post them here. You can find a list of Miller's plays here (http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc10p.htm).

[Stanislaw]

I think it would be cool, I had to read some of his stuff in highschool, and it is amazing how strongly the Death of a salesman moved me. I felt a connection with that play.

The world will miss him!

[Jester]

research! you went to amazon.com and typed in arthur miller in the books section didn't you? but hey it worked, you should set up a poll and vote for which one to read.

[Jay]

Can I withdraw my vote? Pwease? I didn't realise he's suggested for April, as in Jack And Jill kinda April.

[Scheherazade]

I am afraid no, Jay. But you can campaign for people to vote for other options so that April vote still goes ahead! ;)

[Jay]

But when :D Jack and Jill wins and we should read a Miller play as well... Not all of us can sit in a classroom Scheheradishly grinning at the test-writing students and read a book at the same time :p. Not to mention attending lectures is sometimes fun ;).

[Scheherazade]

I think the earliest we can start reading the Miller play is mid March anyway as we will have the poll as well after this one. So, it might be start in March and go on into April and May, whenever we can all read as the thread will be open always. :)

[Jay]

Hmmm, when you put it that way... as long as it's not the April book it could be ok :p

[Scheherazade]

research! you went to amazon.com and typed in arthur miller in the books section didn't you? but hey it worked, you should set up a poll and vote for which one to read.

No, actually when you go to amazon.com and type Arthur Miller, you get about 800 hits! And they are mostly books about Miller rather than by him. I googled *pays the due respect to the gods of google* and read some bios after his death and found a complete list of his works, which I posted somewhere above I think. Yes, here it is: http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc10p.htm

We will have a vote on that once this one is over;i.e., after the 18th. There doesn't seem to be a need for nominations as there are only so many plays we can choose from. Thus, I thought I should post the list and see how everyone likes it.

[Scheherazade]

Please note that this poll will be closed tomorrow.

[Jester]

hahaha, sorry scher should have figured there was more reasearch than that! :D

[Scheherazade]

I am glad someone appreciates the hard work involved! ;)

[Scheherazade]

Thanks all those who voted. We will start reading the Miller play chosen after mid March once the poll is over. You can vote for the play you would like to read here:

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?p=55393#post55393