s period: Situation Normal (1944) and Focus, a novel about anti-semitism (1945). ( Huftel, Sheila. Arthur Miller: the burning glass.[1st ed.]New York, Citadel Press ) He had not, however, given up play wrighting. In November, 1944, his The Man Who Had All the Luck opened on Broadway but proved to be unlucky. Its favorable reception disheartened Miller, and he decided he would write one more play. If that were not successful, he would give up. In 1947 he wrote All My Sons, his first real success, which established him as a significant American playwright. The Crucible his 1953 Broadway hit, which won a Tony Award, was about witch trials and hangings in 1692 Salem, Massachusetts, but reflected the practices of the McCarthy era of the time it was written. The autobiographical tone of After the Fall in 1964 also evoked controversy as well as praise. His knowledge of the Brooklyn waterfront helped to form his characters in A View from the Bridge in 1955, and more of his native city camethrough in The Price about a New York policeman (1968). (Hogan, Robert Goode, Arthur Miller, . Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press 1964.) Miller's later works include The Creation of the Word and Other Business (1972) and The American Clock (1980). Miller also wrote the script for Playing for Time the true-life dramatic special about the experiences of an all-woman orchestra in a Nazi concentration camp, which won four Emmy Awards following its television debut in 1980. It received an Emmy an Outstanding Drama Special. Miller received one for Outstanding Writing. Vanessa Redgrave won as Outstanding Actress, and Jane Alexander, as Outstanding Supporting Actress. (Murray, Edward. Arthur Miller, dramatist. New York, F. Ungar Pub. In addition to his novels, Miller has written two books of reportage: In Russia and Chinese Encounters, both accompanied by photographs by his wife Inge Morath, a professional photographer. His book Salesman in Bej...
