Arthur Miller Knihy

Známa divadelná hra Arthura Millera, ktorej hlavnou postavou a rozprávačom je Quentin - asi 40-ročný nadaný právnik, plný pochybností a neistoty. Počas svojho rozprávania rozoberá svoj život, detstvo, dospelosť i vzťahy. V hre sa prejavujú autobiografické rysy a autorove skúsenosti z manželstva.

Nová, do značné míry autobiografická hra, děj se odehrává v mysli ústřední postavy, v jejích myšlenkách. Na scénu staví asi čtyřicetiletého právníka, jenž se rozborem nejvýznamnějších skutečností svého života snaží dopátrat se pravdy o své vině na tom, co udělal on i společnostkolem něho. Přeložili Luba a Rudolf Pellarovi za jazykové spolupráce Hildy Lassové.

Příběh Američana, který pro židovské vzezření, které mu dodávají brýle, je pronásledován rasistickou protižidovskou organizací, která se koncem druhé světové války pod vlivem nacismu rozšířila po Spojených státech. Muž se nejprve brání a vysvětluje, že není žid, potom začíná přemýšlet, chápe absurdnost nenávisti vůči židům a nalézá východisko: Přestává se hájit a staví se do řad pronásledovaných.

Inspirací k napsání této hry byly pravděpodobně dvě události: jednak odhalení dlouho používaných odposlouchávacích zařízení v hotelu Mayflower ve Washingtonu, jednak setkání s obdobnou realitou ve východní Evropě 70. let minulého století. Postavy tuší, že by mohly být odposlouchávány, a tato skutečnost ovlivňuje jejich chování, jednání a postoje. Příběh je údajně zasazen do domu na Hradčanském náměstí v Praze, který obýval spisovatel Jiří Mucha, jehož Miller několikrát navštívil. Exilové vydání s doslovem Christophera Bigsbyho. Grafická úprava Věra Držmíšková. Obálku s použitím fotografie Ivana Kyncla navrhla Barbora Munzarová.

Text o Karlu Čapkovi, který přednesl Arthur Miller na zahájení mezinárodní konference o české literatuře XX. století v New Yorku v březnu roku 1990.

Obsahuje devět kratších próz různého charakteru.

Další z tragikomických her slavného dramatika nám ukáže, co se může stát, když do brooklynské rodiny zavítají příbuzní přistěhovalci a naruší do té doby někdy až moc láskyplné vztahy. Hra se zabývá i dnes aktuálním tématem přistěhovalectví a s tím spojeným sobectvím či snahou pomáhat. 69. svazek edice D v překladu J. Grossmanna.

Slavné drama klasického amerického autora čerpá ze skutečných událostí z konce 17. století v americkém městečku Salem kdesi v Massachusetts, ale odkazuje k Millerově současnosti a k protikomunistickým honům na čarodějnice mccarthyovské éry, jejichž obětí byl i sám autor. Na počátku příběhu stojí žárlivost – mladá služka Abigail svede ženatého farmáře Johna Proctora, a když se jí nepodaří udržet jeho náklonnost, rozpoutá ve farnosti davovou hysterii z přítomnosti ďábelských sil. Přijíždí vyšetřující soudce a začne nejproslulejší čarodějnický proces všech dob, počty křivě obviněných žen jdou do desítek, nakonec dojde i na Proctorovu manželku, jíž se chce Abigail pomstít. Vychází v překladu Kateřiny Hilské.

Text slavné divadelní hry publikovaný jako součást programu ND k premiéře inscenace uvedené ve Stavovském divadle 14. června 1993 v nekrácené podobě. Jedno z nejvýznamnějších děl americké dramatiky 20. století je kritickým pohledem na moderní zkomercionalizovanou společnost. Příběh rodiny postaršího obchodního cestujícího, která ztrácí kontakt s realitou. Hlavní postava Willy Loman žije v iluzi dokonalosti a nepřipouští si, že věci už nejsou jaké byly nebo jaké by si je přál.

Půvabná novelka, kde na pár stránkách proletíte životem hlavní hrdinky na pozadí historických událostí.

Povídka známého amerického dramatika a spisovatele o malé holčičce Janě, která měla ráda svou hebkou růžovou přikrývku, ale pak se s ní musela jednou rozloučit, protože byla malá a roztrhaná. Po čase si při pohledu na ni uvědomuje, jak vyrostla a jak zatím uběhl čas. Nebrání proto ptáku, který pokrývku nalezl na okně, a tahá z ní nitě na své hnízdo. Takto přinese ještě jednou užitek ptáku.

Divadelní hra. Celým svým rámcem navozuje situaci ryze politickou. Konfrontace obětí s nacistickými katy tu však tvoří pouze předpoklad k vyhranění a ozvláštnění lidské mentality, jež je nucena uvědomit si samu sebe v katastrofální chvíli. Incidentem ve Vichy autor organicky pokračuje ve svém studiu člověka jako jedince a ve snaze poznat jeho imanentní vlastnost - zlo v člověku dřímající.

5 her amerického dramatika: Všichni moji synové (1947) — Smrt obchodního cestujícího (1949) — Zkouška ohněm (1953; později jako Čarodějky ze Salemu) — Vzpomínka na dva pondělky (1955) — Pohled z mostu (1955). Dobová anotace: Ve svazku jsou obsaženy všechny dosud tiskem vyšlé divadelní hry soudobého amerického dramatika, jenž jimi i u nás vyvolal nejživější zájem odvahou a citlivostí, s níž vniká do problematiky člověka a společnosti naší doby. Byť i byl nucen svou situací – jak řekl sám – „individuálního podnikatele, který nabízí své zboží nepřátelskému trhu“ k určitým ústupkům a nemá také zatím plnou odvahu k revolučnímu řešení, přece je svými názory a cíli uměleckými i společenskými blízký cítění socialistického člověka. Předmluva František Vrba. 20 s. fot. příl.

Hra se odehrává na policejním komisařství ve francouzském městě Vichy. Je rok 1942.

Second volume of plays in the reissued Arthur Miller Collection

A story of four lost souls - the beautiful Roslyn who has never belonged to anyone or anthything, and three other misfits who roam the open land existing on the little money made from riding in rodeos - who meet in Reno to discover that freedom has its price, and the heart its rules.

Book by Amnesty International

In a building slated for imminent demolition, two brothers, long estranged, reunite to sell off their family's possessions. In short time the transaction draws in one man's wife and an ancient but still wily furniture dealer. And a crowded attic becomes the setting for an acrid, funny, and moving inquest into the wounds of family, the allure of the disposable, and the nature of human failure.

A photographic collection featuring texts by Arthur Miller, Robert Delpire, and Anna Farova. It showcases images spanning four decades, presenting a body of work that includes artist portraits, reportage photographs from Spain and Iran, behind-the-scenes shots from the film "The Misfits" with Marilyn Monroe, and scenes of New York past and present. The collection captures staged representations of groups and individuals, offering a mini-universe of our century through images.

This book documents the making of the legendary film The Misfits (1961). Directed by the Hollywood auteur John Huston, it starred three of the most charismatic actors of all time - Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable and Montgomery Clift. Its script was composed by Arthur Miller, one of America's greatest playwrights and Marilyn's husband. As part of the promotional strategy for the film, the Magnum photographic agency was given exclusive access to the shoot. Nine of its most famous photographers - including Henri Cartier-Bresson, Eve Arnold and Elliott Erwitt - covered the production, both on and off the set. 200 of their pictures are reproduced in rich duotone, providing both a fascinating documentary of the making of a film and an intimate portrait of its stars. The photographs are paralleled with an essay by the Editor-in-Chief of the established film magazine Cahiers du cinéma , Serge Toubiana, in which he recounts the tragic and triumphant story of the film that was to become Monroe and Gable's swansong. The book also contains a revealing interview between Toubiana and Arthur Miller, in which Miller discusses the making of the film, the troubled relationships between the stars (including his own with Monroe) and the fascinating background to the photographs.

Set against the backdrop of the 1970s, the narrative explores the activism of Rabbi Meir Kahane and the Jewish Defense League as they confront Soviet officials to advocate for the rights of Soviet Jews. Their aggressive tactics aim to spotlight the struggle for freedom and human rights, reflecting the intense political climate of the era. The book delves into themes of activism, identity, and the complexities of Jewish life under oppression.

"The greatest American dramatist of our age" Evening Standard This fifth volume of Arthur Miller's work contains two plays from the early nineties: his highly acclaimed The Last Yankee (1993), which the Guardian called "a fine and moving play . . . Like all Miller's best work, it effortlessly links private and public worlds by connecting personal desperation to insane American values"; and The Ride Down Mount Morgan (1991), which explores themes of bigamy and betrayal, described as "searching, scorching, harsh but compassionate" (Sunday Times). Also contained in the volume is Almost Everybody Wins, the original version of the screenplay Arthur Miller wrote for Karel Reisz's film, "Everybody Wins".

Slavná antiutopická divadelní hra Karla Čapka z roku 1920, ve které poprvé zaznělo slovo robot, náleží do žánru sci-fi. Ústředním tématem je zkáza lidstva skrze příliš vyspělou techniku, která se vymkla kontrole. Aby se lidé zbavili nutnosti pracovat, stvoří si umělé sluhy–roboty, kteří se však vzbouří a lidstvo vyhladí. Nakonec ale dvojice těchto umělých stvoření, původně neschopná citů, mezi sebou objeví lásku a s požehnáním starého vynálezce se stanou novým Adamem a Evou.

Written in 1945, Focus was Arthur Miller's first novel and one of the first books to directly confront American anti-Semitism. It remains as chilling and incisive today as it was at the time of its controversial debut. As World War II draws to a close, anti-Semitism is alive and well in Brooklyn, New York. Here, Newman, an American of English descent, floats through a world of multiethnic neighborhoods indifferent to the racism around him. That is, until he begins wearing glasses that render him "Jewish" in the eyes of others, making him the target of anti-Semitic persecution. As he and his wife find friendship and support from a Jewish immigrant, Newman slowly begins to understand the racial hatreds that surround him. "A strong, sincere book bursting with indignation." (The New York Times Book Review)

The only children's book penned by playwright Arthur Miller, Jane's Blanket intelligently and iconically details a touching truth of childhood. The first reprint since its 1963 release makes Arthur Miller's enduring message available to a new generation.

This volume contains four of the most important and famous plays of the American theatre. All were written by Arthur Miller within a ten-year period which began with his first Broadway hit in 1947: 'With the production of All My Sons,' wrote Brooks Atkinson in the New York Times, 'the theatre has acquired a genuine new talent.' This hit was followed by an even greater Death of a Salesman. 'A great play of our day', wrote the New York Herald Tribune and the play has gone on to become the classic American tragedy of Willy Loman, a salesman who becomes disillusioned with the American dream. The Crucible(1953) was produced during the McCarthy era and became a parable of the witch-hunting practises of a government rooting out Communists. A View from the Bridge(1955) concerns the lives of longshoremen in the Brooklyn waterfront and has remained one of Miller's most produced plays. A Memory of Two Mondays, a one-act play, was written as a companion piece to A View from the Bridge. "The greatest American dramatist of our age" (Evening Standard)

Edward Albee: The American DreamJack Richardson: Gallows HumourMurray Schisgal: The TypistsArthur Miller: Incident at Vichy

Miller is an excellent historian...and a fine biographer... [His] artful arrangement of his conclusions...makes the book something of an intellectual thriller.-New York Times Book Review.

In "Danger: Memory!" Two contrasting but thematically related one-act plays, I Can't Remember Anything and Clara, are concerned with remembrance. The first play portrays the shared and disputed recollections of two elderly friends, and Clara dramatizes the resistance to brutal present-day fact when a young woman's father speaks with a detective investigating her murder. Like all of Miller's plays, Danger: Memory! holds the powerful emotional charge and social perceptions associated with his work while reaching for one of the fundamental issues of mankind, the selective amnesia of the past.

Jew is only the name we give to that stranger. Each man has his Jew; it is the other. And the Jews have their Jews. Arthur Miller's largely forgotten masterpiece, Incident at Vichy is a prescient examination of the evil that exists in us all, inspired by a real-life incident in France in which a Gentile gave a Jew his identity pass during a check, which would have resulted in the Jew otherwise being sent to a concentration camp. This Methuen Drama Student Edition of the play includes commentary and notes by Joshua Polster, Emerson College, US, which investigate the politics of the play in the context of the African-American civil rights movement happening at the time; the Vietnam War; The House Committee on Un-American Activities; and the murder of Kitty Genovese, as well as exploring Miller's own relationships that were central to the play including with psychoanalyst Dr Rudolf Loewenstein, his wife Inge Morath and his friend Elia Kazan.

Based on a true story, Arthur Miller's play All My Sonswas his first major success, a moving exploration of denial, guilt, social responsibility and the falsehood of the American Dream. This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an introduction by Christopher Bigsby.In Joe and Kate Keller's family garden, an apple tree - a memorial to their son Larry, lost in the Second World War - has been torn down by a storm. But his loss is not the only part of the family's past they can't put behind them. Not everybody's forgotten the court case that put Joe's partner in jail, or the cracked engine heads his factory produced which caused it and dropped twenty-one pilots out of the sky. All My Sonsis a moving, powerful drama of the ethics of profiteering and family, and the first great play from one of the finest playwrights of the twentieth century.If you enjoyed All My Sons, you might also like Euripides' Medea and Other Plays, available in Penguin Classics.

Vrcholné dílo moderního amerického psychologického dramatu z roku 1947. Příběh odehrávající se po válce ve francouzské čtvrti New Orelansu sleduje hluboce niterný život citlivé a iluzí plné Blanche DuBoisové, přijíždějící navštívit svou vitální sestru Stellu, která se provdala za primitivního hrubce Stanleyho Kowalského. Ve chvíli, kdy si žena poznamenaná smrtí homosexuálního manžela myslí, že našla štěstí v novém vztahu, dojde k zborcení veškerých iluzí.

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer a look into critical elements and ideas within classic works of literature. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. CliffsNotes on Death of a Salesman shares an intimate glimpse into the dreams and disappointments of an American family. Following the story of Willy Loman, an aging salesman who can't accept change within himself and society, this study guide provides a character list, character map, and character analyses to explore the personalities within Arthur Miller's masterful play. Other features that help you figure out this important work include Classic literature or modern-day treasure—you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.

Willy Loman, the protagonist of "Death of a Salesman," has spent his life following the American way, living out his belief in salesmanship as a way to reinvent himself. But somehow the riches and respect he covets have eluded him. At age 63, he searches for the moment his life took a wrong turn, the moment of betrayal that undermined his relationship with his wife and destroyed his relationship with Biff, the son in whom he invested his faith. Willy lives in a fragile world of elaborate excuses and daydreams, conflating past and present in a desperate attempt to make sense of himself and of a world that once promised so much.

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The autobiography of American playwright Arthur Miller, in which he tells of his early life in the Depression, his confrontation with McCarthy, his marriage to Marilyn Monroe and his later efforts on behalf of writers persecuted for their work or beliefs.

Looks at the similarities between politics and acting, reviewing presidents of the twentieth-century and their skill as actors.

'Much like Mr. Miller, Quentin is a witness to alarming public and personal catastrophes: the stock market crash, the Holocaust, the McCarthy witchhunts and the self-destruction of a show business idol to whom he is married.' NEW YORK TIMES Haunted by past romantic failures, Quentin, a New York City Jewish intellectual, retreats into his mind as he debates marrying for a third time: as he revisits past loves and losses, his mind and memory fragments under philosophical questions; are our failures really just our own? Or is possible to hide away from the mistakes of the past? One of Miller's most personal plays, After the Fall takes place almost entirely inside the mind of the play's protagonist, who is often read as a stand-in for the playwright himself. Touching on themes of the Holocaust, McCarthyism and inherited sin, the play is one of the most discussed within Miller's canon. This Methuen Drama Student Edition is edited by Ramón Espejo-Romero, with commentary and notes that explore the play's production history (including excerpts from an interview with Michael Blakemore, former Associate Director of the Royal National Theatre,) as well as the dramatic, thematic and academic debates that surround it.

'Mr. Miller knows his audience... he is letting us know, the devil will have his due.' NEW YORK TIMES When insurance agent Lyman Felt is hospitalised following a near-fatal car crash, both of his wives show up at his bedside and his duplicitous bigamy is revealed. As his shocked spouses - the prim Theo and the assertive Leah - reel from this revelation and their husband's hypocrisy, an outrageous question is presented: is marriage actually easier this way? Touching on themes of betrayal, crisis and reconciliation, The Ride Down Mt. Morgan is one of Miller's more controversial works, and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play in 1991. This Methuen Drama Student Edition is edited by Thiago Russo, with commentary and notes that explore the play's production history (including excerpts from an interview with director David Esbjornson) as well as the dramatic, thematic and academic debates that surround it.

"It's moral vision, as well as the Miller voice, which remains as strong and unrelenting as a prophet's, that distinguish Broken Glass." - The New York Times When Sylvia Gellburg, a young Jewish woman living in Brooklyn, becomes partially paralyzed from the waist down, her husband Phillip is shocked: what could've caused this sudden condition? The answer is Kristallnacht, the horrific, anti-Semitic event occurring halfway around the world. As the Gellburgs reckon with this pogrom and with the breakdown of their own marriage, a terrifying thought emerges: will the Jewish people ever be able to avoid persecution? Broken Glass is one of Miller's most moving and personal works, touching on themes of Jewish identity and anti-Semitism, winning him the Olivier Award for Best New Play in 1994. This Methuen Drama Student Edition is edited by Ambika Singh, and Nupur Tandon, with commentary and notes that explore the play's production history (including excerpts from an interview with director David Thacker,) as well as the dramatic, thematic and academic debates that surround it.

In »A View from the Bridge«, 1955 uraufgeführt (seine endgültige Fassung fand das Drama ein Jahr später in einer Inszenierung von Peter Brook), dramatisiert Arthur Miller eine Geschichte, die er einem New Yorker Hafenarbeiter verdankt und in der es um den Verrat eines italienischen Einwanderers an zwei illegal eingewanderten Verwandten geht. An dieser Geschichte faszinierte Miller besonders das, wie er es nannte, mythische Element. Die »Brücke« des Titels ist die Brooklyn Bridge, die den auf Long Island gelegenen Stadtteil Brooklyn mit der Südspitze Manhattans verbindet. Das Stück war Vorlage für Filme von Luchino Visconti (»Rocco und seine Brüder«) und Sidney Lumet; Dustin Hoffman spielte in einer New Yorker Inszenierung 1965 mit, Scarlett Johannson 2009. Ungekürzte und unbearbeitete Textausgabe in der Originalsprache, mit Übersetzungen schwieriger Wörter am Fuß jeder Seite, Nachwort und Literaturhinweisen.

Exploring themes of isolation and self-acceptance, this book encourages readers to confront their feelings of being trapped by their past experiences. It emphasizes the importance of understanding that every event has its purpose and promotes the idea of self-forgiveness. By embracing one's humanity, the narrative aims to inspire a sense of connection and resilience, reminding readers that they are not alone in their struggles.

"Listen to the dialogue: no other American dramatist has this feel for the ordinary talk of ordinary people, or the knowledge of what they do. This is more than a writer's craft, it is a psychological and moral openness to humanity, an act not of imitating, but of sharing". Sunday Times This fourth anthology features Arthur Miller's two early plays, The Golden Years, a historical tragedy about Montezuma's destruction at the hands of Cortez, and The Man Who Had All the Luck, a fable about human freedom and individual responsibility, are brought together in this volume. It also features two of his contemporary shorter plays, I Can't Remember Anything and Clara, first presented on a double bill as Danger! Memory. The latter focus on the importance and dangers of remembering the past, while the early plays, written at the time of the Second World War, mark the emergence of a drama in which public issues are rooted in private anxieties and chart the beginning of Miller's career that was one of the most distinguished in dramatic history. First produced in 1944 and revived in London in 2008, The Man Who Had All the Luck is a mesmerising drama in which the author's brilliance and characteristic qualities are already evident: The fourth volume of Miller's plays has been reissued with a new cover and features an introduction by the author and a chronology of his work.

"The greatest American dramatist of our age" - Evening Standard In this third volume of collected works, three of Arthur Miller's stage plays from the early 1980s are brought together in a new edition. Expanding on the themes and explorations of his earlier work, this volume also contains an introduction from the playwright himself, as well as an afterword by acclaimed Miller scholar Christopher Bigsby. A sweeping, hard-hitting look at the Great Depression of the 1930s, The American Clock(1982) is a vaudevillian celebration of American resilience and optimism in the face of national crisis, and was later performed on Broadway. Set in an Eastern European capital, The Archbishop's Ceiling (1984), examines the relationship between four writers, and the erosion of personal integrity during the cold war: a thrilling study of the effects of surveillance and political pressure on an individual's actions Also included is a revised version of Two-Way Mirror (1984): a double bill for a man and a woman, consisting of two short plays - Elegy for a Lady and Some Kind of Love Story. These fantastic two-handers explore the nuances in relationships, and have come to be come to be recognised as some sort of coded epitaph to the tumult and tragedy of Miller's marriage to Marilyn Monroe Freshly edited and featuring a bold new design, this updated edition of Arthur Miller Plays 3 is a must-have for theatre fans and students alike.

'A gentle, lyrical, Chekhovian evocation of the past, with that special unpretentious charm that special works sometimes have.' NEW YORK TIMES At an auto-parts warehouse in Brooklyn, life seems frozen in time: as workers of every age commute in, nothing ever seems to change. Newcomer Bert, only 18 years old, hopes to escape this world, earnestly saving his wages for college... but can such a dream survive his workplace's haze of hopelessness, despondency and alcoholism? A vivid rendering of life under the Great Depression, A Memory of Two Mondays perfectly captures the anxieties and concerns of the 1930s, autobiographically reflecting Miller's own experience as an 18-year-old in this period. This Methuen Drama Student Edition is edited by Stephen Marino, with commentary and notes that explore the play's production history (including excerpts from an interview with director Rob Roznowski) as well as the dramatic, thematic and academic debates that surround it.

'It is Mr. Miller's notion, potentially a great one, that the Baums' story can help tell the story of America itself during that traumatic era.' NEW YORK TIMES When the stock market crashes, the once-financially comfortable Baum family lose everything and are forced to leave their lofty home in Manhattan to live with relatives in Brooklyn: how can their pride, purpose and artistic endeavours survive such a sudden and shocking reversal of fortune? A sweeping, hard-hitting look at the Great Depression of the 1930s, The American Clock is a vaudevillian celebration of American resilience and optimism in the face of national crisis, and was performed on Broadway in 1980. This Methuen Drama Student Edition is edited by Jane K. Dominik, with commentary and notes that explore the play's production history (including excerpts from interviews with designers of the 1980 Broadway production) as well as the dramatic, thematic and academic debates that surround it.

'When the play focuses on the self-entrapment of the characters, Mr. Miller can be tender as well as trenchant' NEW YORK TIMES Two strangers meet in a New England psychiatric clinic, each visiting their admitted, depressed wife: one is a humble carpenter with seven children, the other a successful businessman in a childless marriage; both have been forgotten by the promise of the American Dream. Described by Miller as 'a comedy about a tragedy', this one-act play highlights the devastating consequences for those who fail to achieve the purported riches of the American Dream; a reality many face. This Methuen Drama Student Edition is edited by Ciarán Leinster, with commentary and notes that explore the play's production history (including excerpts from an interview with director David Thacker) as well as the dramatic, thematic and academic debates that surround it.

In the spring of 1948 Arthur Miller retreated to a log cabin in Connecticut with the first two lines of a new play already fixed in his mind. He emerged six weeks later with the final script of Death of a Salesman - a painful examination of American life and consumerism. Opening on Broadway the following year, Miller's extraordinary masterpiece changed the course of modern theatre. In creating Willy Loman, his destructively insecure anti-hero, Miller himself defined his aim as being 'to set forth what happens when a man does not have a grip on the forces of life'.

E.O´Neill: Ľadár prichádza, T. Wilder - Iba o vlások, T. Williams - Kráľovská cesta, A. Miller - Skúška ohňom

Die Kurzgeschichten von Arthur Miller zeichnen sich durch eine breite Themenvielfalt aus, von autobiografischen Kindheitserlebnissen bis hin zu berühmten Erzählungen wie ›Misfits‹. Sie reflektieren Millers persönliche Erfahrungen, darunter seine Beziehung zu Marilyn Monroe und seine Zeit auf einer Marinewerft während des Zweiten Weltkriegs.

Arthur Miller, Amerikas berühmtester Dramatiker des 20. Jahrhunderts, verbindet analytischen Scharfsinn mit moralischer Überzeugung und höchstem Stilbewusstsein. Seine Theaterstücke, die jetzt erstmals in einer dreibändigen Ausgabe vorliegen, handeln von der Existenznot des Einzelnen, von der Unbarmherzigkeit der Gesellschaft, von der Flüchtigkeit unserer Illusionen. Es sind Stücke, die auch im 21. Jahrhundert weitergespielt werden und deren Wirkung sich stets erneuert. In seinem großen Theateressay, der die Ausgabe seiner ›Stücke‹ in drei Bänden einleitet, denkt Arthur Miller über die Funktion des Theaters in der Gesellschaft, über das Schreiben von Stücken und über die Erwartungen der Zuschauer nach.

In Arthur Millers sozialkritischem Drama „Ein Blick von der Brücke“ versteckt der Hafenarbeiter Eddie Carbone seine illegalen Vettern aus Sizilien. Als sich einer von ihnen in seine Nichte Catherine verliebt, führt Eddies Eifersucht zu einem Verrat und schließlich zu seinem tragischen Ende. Die neue Übersetzung bietet einen kraftvollen Dialog, der das Werk aktuell hält.

A jelentős művészi teljesítmény egyik lényeges meghatározó tulajdonsága, hogy a művek, bármilyen eltérés ellenére, közös jegyeket hordoznak, és egy irányba mutatnak. A valóság különböző arcaival szemben a művész mindig ugyanazzal a nézőponttal fordul. Az egyes darabok mögött egy közös mag rejtőzik, amely az írói alkat és egyéniség egyedi bélyegét hordozza. Arthur Miller drámaírói teljesítménye is ezt a következetességet tükrözi, hiszen minden darabban felfedezhető egy sajátos életfelfogás. A különböző témák és dramaturgiai megközelítések mélyebb összefonódását az író morális szenvedélye adja. Minden darab a morális elkötelezettségből fakad, amely az élet alapvető erkölcsi dilemmáit tárja fel. Miller hangsúlyozza, hogy a tettek következményei éppoly valóságosak, mint maguk a tettek, ám gyakran nem számolunk velük. Minden művében a tettek és következményeik erkölcsi alapú szembesítése zajlik. A dráma bemutathatja a folyamatot a döntéstől a következményekig, vagy a következmények szemszögéből visszatekintve tárja fel a tett indítékait. A két módszer néha összemosódik, gazdagítva ezzel a művek jelentését.

Dej tohoto diela sa odohráva v zime, v kraji „holandských dolín“, ktoré sa v čase zimy menia z krásnych rozkvitnutých lúk na nehostinnú tmavú pustatinu. Toto ročné obdobie rovnako ako na krajinu pôsobí aj na ľudí.

Vynikajúci americký spisovateľ a dramatik Arthur Miller pre deti napísal iba jeden jediný, ale jedinečný rozprávkový príbeh Jankina perinka. Hrejivý rodinný príbeh o tom, akým šťastím je dieťa v rodine. Nie je však len o dievčatku a jeho perinke. Je najmä o veciach a vzťahoch, ktoré sú v živote dôležité; o dospievaní a o tom, ako sa z bábätka stáva dievča. A tak trochu je to aj príbeh o autorovi samom. Janka je jeho prvá dcérka Jane, ktorá sa bolestne lúči s milovanou perinkou, lebo sa nelúči iba s ňou, ale aj so svojím detstvom. Z nežných ilustrácií Maje Dusíkovej vyžaruje pokoj a harmónia. Kniha je určená deťom od 3 rokov. V čase, keď Jane spávala prikrytá ružovou perinkou, jej ocko ešte nebol slávny. Vedel a cítil len, že má talent a túžil, aby o tom presvedčil aj iných. Jane pomaly z perinky vyrastala a jej ockovi sa splnil sen: jeho divadelné hry sa hrali na Broadwayi, na slávnych divadelných pódiách. S úspechom prišla aj sláva a na jednej filmovačke sa spoznal a neskôr oženil s najobdivovanejšou herečkou všetkých čias, s Marilyn Monroe. Aj ona mala jeho dcérku Jane rada. Preložila: Zuzana Vilikovská Ilustrovala: Maja Dusíková

Ein Band, der alle Erzählungen des großen Dramatikers und einfühlsamen Chronisten Amerikas versammelt. In seinen Stücken widmete sich Arthur Miller den großen Themen seiner Zeit, in seinen Stories galt seine Aufmerksamkeit den unauffälligen, intimen Ereignissen im Leben des Einzelnen. »Arthur Miller lebt und atmet in diesen Geschichten … Sie vervollständigen sein Werk. Mehr noch: Sie sind ein fesselndes Selbstporträt.« Jane Smiley