'Endlessly fascinating, emotionally harrowing, and consumingly committed to telling the truth as Miller sees it'
TimeOften seen as the most explicitly autobiographical of Arthur Miller's playsIts depth and psychological acuity make it a literary, and not just biographical, masterpieceAmerican dramatist Arthur Miller was born in New York City in 1915. In 1938 Miller won awards for his comedy
The Grass Still Grows. His major achievement was
Death of a Salesman, which won the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for drama and the 1949 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award.
The Crucible was aimed at the widespread congressional investigation of subversive activities in the US; the drama won the 1953 Tony Award. Miller's autobiography,
Timebends: A Life was published in 1987.
Quentin is a successful lawyer in New York, but inside his head he is struggling with his own sense of guilt and the shadows of his past relationships. One of these an ill-fated marriage to the charming and beautiful Maggie, who went from operating a switchboard to become a self-destructive star - a singer everyone wanted a piece of.
With tremendous psychological acuity and depth, and a brilliant, dreamlike structure, After the Fall is a literary masterpiece, drawing on Miller's own life - the story of a man striving to comprehend his feelings for his friends, family and the women he has loved.
