Conversations with Miller

Mel Gussow, Arthur Miller

Nick Hern, 2002 - Performing Arts - 226 pages

Forty years of candid conversations between the world-famous playwright and the drama critic of the New York Times.

This book records over a dozen conversations between Arthur Miller and New York Times drama critic Mel Gussow. It charts Miller's development over that last 40 years as well as delving into his earlier life and work.

From the personal to the political Miller is astonishingly candid throughout - even about his relationship with Marilyn Monroe. The result is a self-portrait of a giant of the theatre who is both a 'regular guy' and a fiercely original writer and thinker...

'Full of illuminating candour' Sunday Times

'Brilliantly crafted... Gussow illuminates every facet of the author's personality' Variety

About the author

Mel Gussow (1933-2005) was a writer and drama critic who wrote for The New York Times for 35 years.His books include a four-volume series of interviews with leading playwrights, Conversations with Miller, Conversations with Pinter, Conversations with Stoppard and Conversations with (and about) Beckett. He is also the author of the biography, Edward Albee: A Singular Journey and Gambon: A Life in Acting. He was the co-editor for the Library of America's two-volume edition of the plays of Tennessee Williams.His other books include Theatre On The Edge: New Visions, New Voices, a collection of theatre reviews and essays, and Don't Say Yes Until I Finish Talking: A Biography of Darryl F. Zanuck. He also wrote numerous profiles for The New York Times Magazine and The New Yorker.As a longtime drama critic for The New York Times, Mel Gussow was the recipient of the prestigious George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Rockefeller grant and other awards. In 2007, he was posthumously inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Conversations with Miller; A Nick Hern book
• Authors: Mel Gussow, Arthur Miller
• Publisher: Nick Hern, 2002
• ISBN: 1854596667, 9781854596666
• Length: 226 pages
• Subjects: Performing Arts / General; Performing Arts / Individual Director; Performing Arts / Theater / General