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__**Arthur Miller's Influence on American Theater**__
by Corey, Rebecca, and Joe

__**Background Information**__ Born: October 17, 1915 in New York City, NY By 1928, him and his family moved to Brooklyn, due to business failure. In 1934, he enrolled in the University of Michigan. In 1944, he wrote his first play, "The Man Who Had All the Luck" In the 1950s he was accused of being a communist. He was called to the house of the Un-American Activities Committee. Throughout the 1940s - 1950s, he wrote numerous plays, such as: - "All My Sons" - "Death of a Salesman" - "The Crucible"

__**Theatre Before Arthur Miller**__ Mostly applied to the upper class Not easy to relate to Not very thought provoking

__**Influence on American Theatre**__ He was the first playwright to relate to the common man His plays were extremely political and even got him in trouble Made the readers question morality His work spoke to the working class


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Information Taken From: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/arthur-miller/none-without-sin/56/ http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/m/arthur_miller/index.html http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/feb2005/mill-f21.shtml