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Miller Triumphs on Broadway: Tony Award Win for All My Sons (1947)
Miller's play, "All My Sons" won a Tony award in 1947, earning him his first Tony award, for best Author. Following WW2, the play focused on the unethical practice of profiting from the substandard manufacturing of war materials. -
Miller's play: Death of a salesman, debuted
Miller wrote Death of a salesman which premiered on broadway and produced all over the world in many languages, gaining immense popularity in Untied States and Germany. This American play served as a lesson to the American dream can lead to disappointment, got huge awards like a Tony award for best author, New York Drama Critics' award, and the Pulitzer Prize award, making it the first play to win all three of these major awards. -
Crucible Opens on Broadway
On January 22, 1953, "The Crucible," where Miller compared HUAC to the Salem witch hunt, premiered on Broadway. Initially gaining only moderate success, it has become Miller's most widely performed work today and was later turned into an opera by Robert Ward. -
Divorces his first wife & Marries Marilyn Monroe
Arthur Miller left his first wife and marries Marilyn Monroe. He's then called before the house committee on un-American activities to testify his marriage. -
Judge Found Miller Guilty of Contempt of Congress
Author Miller was called upon to attend a hearing before the HUAC for attending communists meetings and refused to comply when the committee demanded the names and colleagues who had participated in similar activities. A judge then found Miller guilty of contempt and was sentenced to $500 fine or thirty days in prison, blacklisted, and denied a passport. His conviction wold eventually overturn by the court of appeals, which ruled that Miller had been misruled by a HUVAC chairman. -
Arthur Miller is Elected President of PEN
Arthur Miller was elected the first American president of PEN international, a position in which he would hold for 4 years. PEN is an international literary organization that advocates for free press and against the censorship and silence of writers.