Salem's Witch Original Text and Author Brief Introduction

arthur miller (1915-25) was born in new york in 1915 and graduated from the University of Michigan. He is the most outstanding playwright in the United States for half a century. He has written My Sons, Death of a Salesman, The Witch of Salem, Vichy Incident, The Price and The American Clock. In 1987, Miller wrote a memoir "Time Warps", and when he was old, he also wrote plays "Treading Mount Morgan" and "The Last Yankee". His works are critical and outspoken, and are regarded as the representative of conscience in the 2th century. Among them, Death of a Salesman is his most influential masterpiece.

arthur miller won numerous awards in his life, including the Pulitzer Prize in 1949, the new york Drama Critics Award twice, and the Olivier Best Drama Award.

At the height of the Cold War in p>1953, Miller wrote his most famous play TheCrucible (translated as "purgatory"). This play was created in response to Senator McCarthy's suppression of the so-called * * * production party sympathizers. At the age of 8, he also created the work "Complete Picture" which alluded to Monroe.

The Finished Picture is the last time to deal with Monroe, a beautiful and dark field in his mind. The story in the play took place in a film shooting process in Nevada, USA in 196. Kitty, an actress with extremely unstable emotions, was unable to perform because of her out-of-control state. She made the film overspent and overdue, which brought the crew to the brink of danger. At this critical moment, the actors related to this film gathered in the hotel to discuss how to arouse the actress addicted to drugs to cheer up and continue filming.

He is Monroe's ex-husband

On July 1st, 1956, Monroe married arthur miller. Marilyn wrote "Hope, Hope, Hope" in the wedding photo. Miller, on the other hand, had his wedding ring engraved: "This moment is eternity". The world will wait and see about this marriage.

Monroe and arthur miller were introduced to each other by Monroe's friend and teacher, Lee Stursberg, in 1951, when filming "Forever Youth". Before marriage, every film of Marilyn was an extraordinary box office, especially in The Seven-Year Itch, where she stood on the hollow iron plate at the subway entrance, and the wind blowing from below puffed up her skirt, which became the most famous scene in her film.

In her newly married days with Miller, Monroe was radiant and often talked happily about how she learned to be Miller's wife, as well as her experiences in baking bread and making noodles. But once friends came to her house, only to find that the kitchen was empty, and both husband and wife were in a bad mood. Obviously, there is no room for two geniuses in one family.

Later, Monroe would go to Lee Stursberg's house whenever she had a fight with Miller. She became more and more dependent on barbiturates and other sedatives. Monroe always uses champagne when taking medicine. Gradually, the medicine also lost the function of calming her nerves. Monroe was often in a mood of uncertainty. She always complained that Miller treated her like a child and always looked like his own entourage. Miller stopped writing at that time and began to live on Monroe.

After p>196, Monroe became increasingly depressed. She had an extramarital relationship with someone else just to make her husband jealous. But Miller didn't think much of her infidelity. Susan wrote in her biography, "She was very annoyed that he didn't blame her." "Miller wants her to play the leading role in his own film" The Inappropriate Man ",which is more important to him than anything else. Marilyn didn't like the role, but in the end she agreed and their marriage ended. "

Cao Yu: I have never heard of you.

In p>1978, arthur miller visited China, and the state arranged for Cao Yu to receive him. Miller knew that China's first playwright was Cao Yu, but Cao Yu said to him, "Are you an American playwright? I have never heard of you. " Miller is not very happy. In order to make up for the influence, Huang Zuolin told Miller in Shanghai: "We introduced you a long time ago and published the synopsis of your play in internal publications." Miller was very happy, so Huang Zuolin asked him to recommend a play of his own to the audience in China. He recommended "TheCrucible".

In p>1981, when this play was staged in Shanghai People's Art Theatre, it was renamed "The Witch of Salem" to attract audiences. The play was very successful, with more than 5 performances in a row. The audience felt that the unjust cases reflected in the play were similar to many unjust prisons caused by the Gang of Four. After watching the performance, an audience told Miller that she couldn't believe that the play was written by an American. Others wrote to Huang Zuolin: "History is often strikingly similar, and this lesson is too profound. The tragedy of history must not be repeated."

In p>1983, at the invitation of Ying Ruocheng, arthur miller came to to translate Death of a Salesman, which was translated by Ying Ruocheng, the art director. China also has a tradition of performing Miller's works.

Marilyn Monroe's ex-husband and great playwright arthur miller died

arthur miller, a famous American playwright, died of heart failure on Thursday night in the United States. At the age of 89. Death of a Salesman made him recognized as one of the greatest playwrights in the 2th century, and his marriage with Marilyn Monroe made him the most entertaining playwright.

In the ten years after the war in the United States, arthur miller, together with Eugene O 'Neill and tennessee williams, not only dominated the American stage, but also made Broadway develop by leaps and bounds, and at the same time made their plays popular throughout the world.

"We lost a giant." Robert Fowles, director of the new Broadway play Death of a Salesman in 1999, said, "He showed extraordinary art."

edward ablee, a playwright, recalls that Miller once praised his plays with "what we need", and Albee said, "I will go further and say that Arthur's plays are what we need."

It took arthur miller only six weeks to create Death of a Salesman, which brought him immortal fame. In 1949, it was put on Broadway and directed by the famous director iria Kazan. Roman, the hero, became a classic image on the stage. He was full of desire to get ahead, but he was also greedy for money. His stubborn belief in American-style success eventually destroyed him. "Literally, Death of a Salesman is a drama about a salesman, but it has become a part of a myth, not only in the United States, but also in other parts of the world." Arthur miller said in an interview in 1988. Death of a Salesman was also successfully "marketed" to China by arthur miller. In 1978, arthur miller and his wife visited China. He was received by Mr. Cao Yu. In 1983, arthur miller personally directed his Death of a Salesman, which was the first foreign drama staged in China after the Cultural Revolution.

arthur miller also created many other major plays, such as Crucible, which satirized McCarthyism in 1953, and My Masters, which was the first success on Broadway in 1947.

arthur miller married movie star Marilyn Monroe in 1956, which was arthur miller's second marriage and Marilyn Monroe's last marriage. This marriage made arthur miller reluctantly become a public figure. In an interview with a French newspaper in 1992, arthur miller used "self-destruction" to describe his marriage with Monroe. "All my energy and attention were used to help her solve her endless problems. Unfortunately, what I did was not very successful."

The marriage ended in failure five years later, but it provided arthur miller with the material for two plays, one was After the Slip in 1964, and the other was The Portrait Being Completed, which was staged at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago last year, which can be said to be his last important work. In 1961, the film "The Untimely Man" was specially created by arthur miller for Monroe, and it was also her last film.

arthur miller married photographer Inge maurras in p>1962, and Monroe committed suicide in the same year.

Although the forties and fifties of last century was the peak of arthur miller's creation, he still kept the vitality and space of his creation for the next 4 years. In 1991, the play Knocking Down Mount Morgan premiered in London, which was his first time to perform his own works outside the United States.

arthur miller was born on October 17th, 1915 in a middle-class Jewish family. His father was a clothing manufacturer, but there was no money for arthur miller to go to college during the Great Depression. Miller had to work in a warehouse in new york while studying at the University of Michigan. In 1938, he got a bachelor's degree.

He began to write plays while in college. "Lucky Man" was his first Broadway performance, with only four rehearsals in 1944. Arthur miller has also published several novels and collections of short stories, and also published some travel notes with his wife maurras, telling their travels in Russia and China.

arthur miller and maurras have a daughter, Rebecca, who is married to the famous actress Daniel Day Lewis.