MILLER
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N.B. For information
on
the Arthur Miller Journal--including how to subscribe
and
contents for previously published isssues, go to the Journal
website.
The
Arthur Miller Theater at the University of Michigan
Calls
For
Papers:
The Arthur Miller Society is always
looking for
anyone
who would like to organize Miller panels at other conferences, such as
MLA, American Studies, ATHE--please contact our current President, Jane
Dominik with proposals/details.
Ongoing
CFP:
Looking
for
papers on any aspect of the life and work of Arthur Miller for the Arthur
Miller Journal published Spring and Fall. Go to the Journal page for details.
The Journal
also publishes book and production reviews.
Contact the
respective editors for more information.
American
Drama Conference
at
St.
Francis
College, Brooklyn New York.
November 7-9, 2008
The conference
invites
papers
on any aspect of American drama, playwrights, and theater. Of
particular
interest are discussions connecting playwrights to each other and to
social,
political, historical, and aesthetic issues. We also welcome
papers on
stagecraft, performance, and production history.
Papers should not
exceed
10 pages for a twenty minute presentation.
Please send manuscripts or one page
abstracts to:
Stephen Marino
The Arthur Miller Journal
St. Francis College
180 Remsen Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Material may also be emailed to: smarino@stfranciscollege.edu
The deadline for submission is June 15, 2008
Sponsored
by
The Arthur Miller Journal
Hungarian Journal of English and
American
Studies published near the close of 2006 a special Arthur
Miller
Edition: Volume 11, Number 2 (2005): ISSN: 12 18-7364
that contains several new essays on Miller's work--see details below
under Special
Events/Releases
2007 regarding how to order yourself a
copy.
The
Journal is meanwhile looking for further submissions: Manuscripts
should conform to the latest edition of the MLA Handbook in all matters
of style (parenthetical citations keyed to a works-cited list).
Contributions
on history should conform to the latest edition of the Chicago Manual
of
Style. All submissions should be sent together with a disk copy of the
article in Word 95 for Windows. All correspondence should be addressed
to the Editor, HJEAS, University of Debrecen, Pf. 73, Hungary 4010;
e-mail:
abnagyzo@delfin.unideb.hu
Below are photographs of Mr. Miller from the
9th
International Arthur Miller Conf., taken by Dr. Jeffrey Mason, of
University
of Oregon.
Conferences
and Panels: (Link to AMS
conference archive) (Link to ALA archive)
ALA San
Francisco May 22-26, 2008
The
Arthur Miller
Society will be offering two panels--please try and attend:
Panel One: Miller's
Literary Connections
Chair:
Jan Balakian, Kean University
1.
"Home and Homelessness: Family and Myth in Shepard and Miller," Timothy
O'Grady, University of Washington
2.
"Camus' The Fall and Miller's After the Fall," Carlos Campos, The
College of Southern Nevada
3.
"The Metaphor of Time in Arthur Miller and August Wilson," Stephen
Macauley, Utah State University
Panel Two: New Directions in Teaching and Scholarship in Arthur Miller
Studies (A roundtable)
Moderator: Jane K. Dominik, San Joaquin Delta College
Participants:
Jan Balakian, Kean University
Carlos Campo, College of Southern Nevada
Kate Egerton, Berea College
Stephen Marino, St. Francis College/Editor of the Arthur Miller Journal
This Roundtable Discussion will examine the new lines of scholarly
inquiry of Miller's dramatic and other writings, their live productions
and film adaptations, and their application to teaching.
Check out
the American
Literature Association website for general conference details.
Wilder in the Twenty-first
Century
First
International Thornton Wilder Conference
Sponsored by
The Thornton Wilder Society and The College of New Jersey
October 2-4, 2008
The College of New Jersey
Ewing, NJ
The conference will take place
on
the campus of The College of New Jersey, which is approximately 5 miles
from Trenton, 10 miles from Princeton, and one hour from both
Philadelphia and New York. Thornton Wilder had a strong
connection to New Jersey from his having taught French at the
Lawrenceville School from 1921 to 1928, with a break from 1925 to 1927
to earn a Master’s Degree in French literature from Princeton
University. No other state serves as the setting for part or all
of a Wilder play, novel, or film as often as New Jersey.
In addition to formal paper
presentations, we also plan to hold roundtable discussions (e.g., on
teaching and directing Wilder), a reading by distinguished actors,
including Marian Seldes; a playwrights’ panel with Edward Albee, John
Guare, A. R. Gurney, and Donald Margulies; screenings of Our Town on
video; and a campus production of The Skin of Our Teeth.
Scholars, writers, critics, and theatre artists planning on
participating include Christopher Benfey, Christopher Bigsby,
Christopher Buckley, Nancy Bunge, Michael Dirda, Gary Giddins, Jeffrey
Eric Jenkins, J. D. McClatchy, John P. McIntyre, S.J., George Monteiro,
Brenda Murphy, Penelope Niven, Michael Parker, Joseph Roach, Arvid
Sponberg, Tazewell Thompson, Michael Vanden Heuvel, Christopher
Wheatley, Edmund White, and Tappan Wilder.
The Arthur Miller Society will be presenting a
panel on connections between Wilder and Miller:
Panel Title: Thornton Wilder’s Influence on
Arthur Miller
1. Thornton Wilder and Arthur Miller by Stephen Marino, St. Francis
College.
2. Bending Time and Place: Structure in Wilder’s and Miller’s
Drama by Jane K. Dominik, San Joaquin Delta College.
3. Miller’s Debt to Thornton Wilder--To American Clock By the Skin of Our Teeth—Concocting
the Right Recipe for Survival by Susan C. W. Abbotson, Rhode Island
College.
4. Historicizing the Great Depression with Histrionics from Redemptive
Vaudeville: Wilder’s Heaven’s My
Destination and Miller’s The
American Clock by Lew Livesay, Saint Peter’s College.
For inquiries about the Conference,
please contact TWS Executive Director Lincoln Konkle at wilder@tcnj.edu.
Information
on cost,
accommodations, etc. will be available on the Society website in early
2008. All participants must be members of the Society; for how to
join, go to www.thorntonwildersociety.org
Current
Productions
(Link to Archive)
STAGE
NEWS: On Broadway: Charles S. Dutton to star in Death
of a Salesman and John Lithgow in All My Sons! See below for
more details.
FILM
NEWS:
The film version of The Ride Down Mt. Morgan, directed by
Nicole
Kassell, starring Michael Douglas--though in the can, has disappeared
from view: literally. The 2001 movie, Plain Jane, based on
Miller's novella Homely
Girl, A Life was released in Europe in 2001 under the
title Eden, but is not
available in
the US--the screenplay was not Miller's and there have been many
changes. Reviews were not
great--so a US release is unlikely. Sadly, it does not look like
LaPaglia got the financing for his film version of A
View from the Bridge based on the award winning 1998 stage
revival. The
film version of The Man Who Had All the Luck, directed by Scott
Ellis with screenplay by Rebecca Miller has backed off release until
2009.
Rebecca's latest project, The
Private Lives of Pippa Lee, about a woman in Connecticut heading
for a nervous breakdown after her husband leaves her for a younger
woman (played by Julianne Moore) sounds intriguing (though also not due
for
release until 2009).
During 2009
- Death of a
Salesman April 24-May
23 Yale Repertory Theater, New Haven CT. Directed by James Bundy, with
Charles S. Dutton. Subscriptions on sale now, single tickets available
in September 2nd. For more information, call 203-432-1234 or check the website for
more updates or detail.
- The Crucible
Jan 30-Mar.8 in Black Box at Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities,
P.O. Box 8101, 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada, CO 80001-8101. Previews Jan
30 – Feb 1. Opens February 3 – March 8. Phone: (720) 898-7200, or check
the website for more
information.
During 2008
- Death of a
Salesman in Nov. by Vienna Volkstheater, Vienna, Austria.
Directed by Dieter Berner, with Heinz. To find out more, visit the website or call 01 / 52 111-0.
- Death of a
Salesman beginning October 16-26th by Monterey Peninsula College
Theatre Company at Morgan Stock Stage, Monterey Peninsula College, 980
Fremont St., Monterey, CA 93940-4799. Directed by Peter DeBono.
Performances Thursday 7:00 PM; Fri & Sat 8:00 PM; Sunday 2:00
PM. Box office open from 3 to 7 p.m. Wed-Fri or online. Tickets $10 - $25.00. For
more information call: 646-4213.
- All My Sons previews
at a Broadway theatre to be announced Sept. 15 with an official opening
scheduled for Oct. 2. Directed by Simon McBurney, with John Lithgow,
Dianne Wiest and Katie Holmes.
- A View from
the Bridge 13 Sep.-9 Nov. on the Wurtele Stage at Guthrie
Theater, 818 South 2nd Street, Minneapolis, MN 55415. Directed by Ethan
McSweeny. Tickets range from $24 to $75, and go on sale July 7, 2008.
Box Office (612) 377-2224 or toll-free (877) 44 STAGE. Check the website for more
information.
- Death of a Salesman
March 14--May 18 as part of the Arthur Miller Festival at Arena
Stage, 1101 Sixth Street, SW, Washington, DC 20024 D.C. Directed by
Timothy Bond with Rick Foucheux, Nancy Robinette, Jeremy S. Holm, Tim Getman, Noble Shropshire, and J. Fred Shiffman. Running in repertory in the
Fichandler. Call 202 488-3300 or see website for more info.
- A View from the Bridge
March 14--May 18 as part of the Arthur Miller Festival at Arena
Stage, 1101 Sixth Street, SW, Washington, DC 20024 D.C. Directed by
Daniel Aukin with Delaney Williams, Naomi Jacobson, Louis Cancelmi, Noble Shropshire, and David Agranov. Running in repertory in
the Fichandler. Call 202 488-3300
or see website for more info.
- All My Sons
April 30-May18 by Lemon Bay Playhouse at 96 W. Dearborn St., Englewood,
FL. Tickets are $15. Call 475-6756 or check the website for more
information.
- The Crucible
4-17 May by Murrieta Repertory Theater at the Murrieta Community
Center, 41810 Juniper St., Murrieta, CA. Directed by Marbury, with
Coley McAvoy, Alisa Lovas, and Yvonne Flack. with Regular tickets ar
$15, but with MRT's American Classic Program, High school students will
be charged only a $1. Previews 8 p.m. Friday; 8 p.m. Saturday, May 9-10
and 17, 2 p.m. Sunday and May 4. Call: (951) 600-7273.
- The Crucible
6-14 May by the newly formed Chatsworth Players, Chatsworth, UK.
Directed by Sylvia Jackson. Touring through Derbyshire: Youlgreave on
May 6 and 7,
Tideswell on May 8, Winster on May 9, Tansley May 10, Over Haddon on
May 11 and
Bakewell on May 12 and 13. The mini-tour will end with a grand gala
performance at the theatre at Chatsworth House on May 14. All
performances begin at 7.30pm and tickets cost £6 - although the
Chatsworth show has already sold out!
- All My Sons
April 3 to May 3 at Surrey Little Theatre, 7027 184 Street, Surrey,
British Columbia, Canada. Directed by Allan Thain, with Karen Lindh,
Paul Cowhig, Giancarlo Caltabiano, Gemma Martini and Joe Silliker.
Half-price night is April 3, two-for-one night is April 3 and the gala
opening is April 5. Tickets are $13. Call 604-576-8451 for
reservations. SLT is also entering All My Sons in
the Fraser Valley Zone Festival in Chilliwack during the week of May 4.
- The Crucible April
30th-May 3rd by New Theatre at University of Nottingham, Cherry Tree
Hill, University Park, NG7 2RD Nottingham, UK. Directed by Cal Lewis,
with Tom Pinny, Christey Nethercott, Lizzie Bourne, and Simon Thompson.
For tickets please ring 07815 566165, text to text 07931987318, or
check the website for more
details.
Special
Events/Releases 2008 (Link to Archive for
past
years)

Inside the new Arthur Miller Theater at the
University of Michigan
- April 9, at 7pm,
Christopher Bigsby will be lecturing on "How Jewish is He? Arthur Miller and the
Holocaust," at Brown University, RI, as the Fourth Annual Don
Wilmeth Endowed Lectureship in American Theatre. Reception to follow.
John Hay Library, Brown University, 20 Prospect Street, Providence, RI.
- Methuen Drama has struck an agreement with the estate of Arthur
Miller to publish a new series of scholarly editions of the
playwright's key works, which Rebecca Miller has described as "the
definitive editions for students and scholars for many years to come."
The publisher will also reissue the complete set of Miller's plays in
six volumes in early 2009, saying that while at present there are
annotated editions suitable for schools, there are no modern editions
of the plays with critical commentary aimed at a higher level.
- Christopher Bigsby's Arthur Miller: The
Definitive Biography is set for a January 2009 release.
- This year's Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture at the PEN
World Voices Festival of International Literature (April 29 through May
4), will be delivered by Umberto Eco. The full schedule is
available at pen.org.
- March-April: The Arthur Miller Celebration
at the Theater J, 1529 16th St. NW, Washington, DC. As well as hosting
the Cape May Stage production of The Price with
the Prosky family (see details above), Theater J is also offering a
bunch of discussion groups and play readings related to this production
at the Theater. Among the Artistic Director's Roundtable discussions
are: March 9: Miller’s Evolving Politics: What’s He Saying in The Price?;
March 16: The
Price in the Pantheon: Arthur Miller, August Wilson – Comparing
Their Greatest Works; March 30: Judging an Artist’s Work in the Wake of
Stunning Revelations; and April 13: 5x5--Playwrights Responding to the
Work of Arthur Miller and The Price.
Also there will be a series of Pay-What-You-Can Miller Readings
(including The
American Clock on March 18; The Crucible on
March 25 and Playing
for Time on April 8. For more information on these and other
events check the website.
- March 13 Jeopardy! featured a special
group of categories: THE MISFITS, ALL MY SONS, THE CRUCIBLE, "DEATH" ,
OF A SALESMAN, and ARTHUR MILLER. Only the last one contained questions
on the playwright and his work and they ran:
$200: ARTHUR MILLER'S MARRIAGE TO HER WAS MIRRORED IN HIS
PLAY "AFTER THE FALL" (Marilyn Monroe)
$400: MILLER'S PLAY "A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE" CONCERNS A
VIEW FROM THIS NEW YORK BRIDGE (The Brooklyn Bridge)
$600: IN JUNE 1999 ARTHUR MILLER RECEIVED A LIFETIME
ACHIEVEMENT ONE OF THESE AWARDS FROM AT RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL (Tony
Award -- none of the three contestants got this right)
$800: ARTHUR MILLER WROTE THE SCREENPLAY FOR THE 1961 FILM
"THE MISFITS", THIS MALE SUPERSTAR'S LAST FILM (Clark Gable)
$1000: MILLER'S PLAY "DEATH OF A SALESMAN" WAS HIS TRAGIC
TALE OF THIS TITLE CHARACTER (Willy Loman)
- March-May: Arthur
Miller Festival
at Arena Stage, 1101 Sixth Street, SW, Washington, DC 20024 D.C. The
season's final two Fichandler productions will be A View from the Bridge
and Death of a
Salesman. The festival will also feature Monday evening
readings, screenings and lectures exploring Miller's other work.
- Check the link to read a recent interesting article on
Jewish-Irish collaborations on Broadway in the Jewish Forward,
which makes some mention of Miller in this light.
- "Inge Morath and Arthur Miller:
China" Jan. 12-March 23 at UMMA Off/Site, 1301 South University
(at South Forest), Ann Arbor. Photographs and text covering the
couple’s trips to The People's Republic of China in the 1970s and
1980s. Hours are Tue., Fri., Sat. and Sun. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Wed.
and Thu, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Admission is free. For information, call
734-763-UMMA.
- 9 January 2008 staged
reading of "I Can't Remember Anything"
at the National Arts Council. Stephen Marino will be introducing
the play and moderating a Q&A to follow. Joan Copeland is
reading Leonora.
- The Crucible
is Mayor Richard Daley’s selection for Chicago's “One Book, One
Chicago” program during the 2007-2008 academic year.
- For those interested in the Monroe angle—a portrait of Miller
features in the play, “Here I Am Mother,” the
Real Story of Marilyn Monroe, penned by Monroe’s self-announced
daughter, Nancy Miracle/Nancy Maniscalco. There have been
some readings of this piece thus far, and there may be a
production soon in Bulgaria. Copies are available through Nancy's website.