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Article: The Portable Arthur Miller
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- USA TODAY
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- May 1, 1996
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CopyrightCopyright Society for Advancement of Education May 1996. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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The Portable Arthur Miller
edited by Christopher Bigsby / Penguin, 1995, pp. 576, $14.95
Arthur Miller lost his anonymity with the smash success of his play "All My Sons" in 1947. Exceeding the Warholian quota of 15 minutes, his fame has extended beyond half the Biblical span of 80 years that the author reached on Oct. 17, 1995. Miller concludes his 1987 autobiography Timebends by observing: "We are all connected, watching one another. Even the trees." The premise of a playwright's life is that all are spectators linked in the act of perception. During the 51 years since "The Man Who Had All the Luck" opened and ran just four performances on Broadway, Miller probably has connected more ...