| | In his play ''The Crucible'', which was inspired by the [[Salem Witch Trials]], Miller writes: | | In his play ''The Crucible'', which was inspired by the [[Salem Witch Trials]], Miller writes: |
| − | {{cquote|“We are what we always were in [[Salem, Massachusetts|Salem]], but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and common vengeance writes the law!}} | + | {{cquote|We are what we always were in [[Salem, Massachusetts|Salem]], but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and common vengeance writes the law!}} |
| | Born in Harlem to Jewish working-class parents, Miller would be deeply affected by the ruin of his father's business during the Great Depression. He went to the University of Michigan in 1934 to study journalism, where he first began writing plays.<ref name="kirj">http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/amiller.htm</ref> Miller returned to New York after graduating, and in 1940, he married Mary Slattery, his college sweetheart. His first play to be produced on Broadway, ''The Man Who Had All the Luck'' (1944), was a failure, closing after only four shows.<ref>http://www.theatredatabase.com/20th_century/arthur_miller_timeline.html</ref> His next play, ''All my Sons'' (1947), did considerably better, earning him a [[Tony Award]]. | | Born in Harlem to Jewish working-class parents, Miller would be deeply affected by the ruin of his father's business during the Great Depression. He went to the University of Michigan in 1934 to study journalism, where he first began writing plays.<ref name="kirj">http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/amiller.htm</ref> Miller returned to New York after graduating, and in 1940, he married Mary Slattery, his college sweetheart. His first play to be produced on Broadway, ''The Man Who Had All the Luck'' (1944), was a failure, closing after only four shows.<ref>http://www.theatredatabase.com/20th_century/arthur_miller_timeline.html</ref> His next play, ''All my Sons'' (1947), did considerably better, earning him a [[Tony Award]]. |