Arthur Miller: 1917-2005

Arthur Miller—the man whose name has become synonymous with modern American drama—died last Thursday night at age 89. Miller went from delivering bread for four dollars a week to becoming one of the most prestigious playwrights of our time. He was the author of The Crucible, After the Fall, and A View From the Bridge, and a famous husband of Marilyn Monroe. Arthur Miller redefined the modern stage and gave a face to the common man of America in his Pulitzer Prize-winning Death of a Salesman. The play’s protagonist, Willy Loman, has become one of the most well-known characters to ever grace the stage. While the theater and the world mourn the death of this illustrious playwright, we can find solace in the fact that his place in modern drama will never die—his immortal plays will remain.