Arthur Miller
10) The crucible
Author
Publisher
L.A. Theatre Works
Language
English
Description
A veiled reflection of the anticommunist witch-hunts of the 1950s, this play portrays seventeenth-century Salem, Massachusetts as a rigid theocracy eager to ferret out real or imagined deviations from the norm, and indicts everyone in Salem--and by extension American society--for the crimes of intolerance and blind hatred.
14) Mark Twain
Language
English
Description
Recounts Mark Twain's life told primarily through his own words. Includes interviews with Hal Holbrook, Arthur Miller, William Styron and many others.
Series
Publisher
Broadway Theatre Archive
Pub. Date
[2002?]
Language
English
Description
In Riverton, Maine, circa 1893, Dr. Thomas Stockman wants to disclose that the town's moneymaking health spa "Clearwater Springs" has been fouled by pollution from a tannery. But his proposal to go public is opposed by his brother Peter, the town mayor, who prompts a wave of public outrage against Dr. Stockman and his family.
16) The crucible
Language
English
Formats
Description
A group of teenage girls meets in the woods at midnight for a secret love-conjuring ceremony. When their ceremony is witnessed by the town minister, the girls suddenly find themselves accused of witchcraft and as the hysteria in the village grows, blameless victims are torn from their homes, leading to a devastating climax.
Publisher
Castle Hill Productions
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Death of a salesman: a social drama about an ageing travelling salesman who recognizes the emptiness of his life and commits suicide.
Private conversations: takes a candid look at the filming of Arthur Miller's play, Death of a salesman. Includes conversations about the sets, lighting, camera placement and performances.
Series
Publisher
Broadway Theatre Archive
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Arthur Miller's vivid comedy-drama portrays the nature of life during America's Great Depression. The emphasis is on mood and characterization as Miller draws on his own personal experience to evoke what the 1930s were like for workers to whom a job-- any job-- was everything.
20) The Misfits
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Following her divorce, a lonely young woman befriends a couple of down-on-their-luck cowboys. Both men desire her, but she longs for only one, who represents for her the freedom she's never had. Teaming up with a weather-beaten rodeo rider, the foursome goes into the mountains on a quest for rare and elusive wild horses. There they come to realize that, for all their differences, they share fundamentally similar needs and desires.