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Salesman in Beijing

by Arthur Miller

Publisher: Viking Press in New York

Written in English
Cover of: Salesman in Beijing | Arthur Miller
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Places:

  • China,
  • Beijing,
  • United States

Subjects:

  • Miller, Arthur, 1915-,
  • Miller, Arthur, 1915- -- Stage history -- China -- Beijing,
  • Miller, Arthur, 1915- -- Diaries,
  • Beijing ren min yi shu ju yuan,
  • Theater -- China -- Beijing -- History -- 20th century,
  • Dramatists, American -- 20th century -- Diaries,
  • Theatrical producers and directors -- United States -- Diaries,
  • China -- Social life and customs -- 1976-

Edition Notes

StatementArthur Miller ; photographs by Inge Morath.
ContributionsMiller, Arthur, 1915-
Classifications
LC ClassificationsPS3525.I5156 D4356 1984
The Physical Object
Paginationxii, 254 p. :
Number of Pages254
ID Numbers
Open LibraryOL3186894M
ISBN 10067061601X
LC Control Number83047999
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DEATH OF A SALESMAN Arthur Miller was born in New York City in and studied at the University of Michigan. His plays include All My Sons (), Death of a Salesman (), The Crucible (), A View from the Bridge and A Memory of Two Mondays (), After the Fall (), Incident at Vichy (), The Price (), The Creation of the Cited by: PTC Presents Unscripted: Salesman in China, a border-crossing time-travelling community event. Performances, talks, food and images bring Beijing, and Vancouver, into relationship through Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman. How do we translate language and cultural differences? How do we bridge the gap between generations? PTC Associates Leanna Brodie and Jovanni Sy welcome. The death of a Salesman ran for seven hundred and forty-two performances, it was also revived to the Broadway stage four times, winning three Tony Awards for Best Revival. Miller traveled to China in to produce and direct the play. He subsequently wrote a book on the trip entitled, Salesman in Beijing. In Arthur Miller was invited to direct Death of a Salesman at the Beijing People's Theatre, with Chinese actors. This was an entirely new experience for Miller and for the Chinese company, most of whom had never even heard of 'life insurance' or 'installment payments'.Author: Arthur Miller.

The company broke more new ground in when it invited playwright Arthur Miller to direct a production of what was seen at the time as a uniquely American drama "Death of a Salesman," an experience Miller recounted in the form of a day-to-day diary in his book Salesman in Beijing (). Charlton Heston BEIJING DIARY Signed Easton Press 1st Edition 1st Printing Charlton Heston BEIJING $ GREAT REVISITED, WALL THE ed, , William 2nd HC China SIGNED, Lindesay DJ, DJ, China Lindesay SIGNED, GREAT William 2nd , REVISITED, HC THE WALL ed. Salesman in Beijing: In , the People's Art Theatre in Beijing wanted to put on a Chinese-language production of Death of a Salesman. Arthur Miller flew to Beijing and spent six weeks directing the cast, though he only spoke two words of Chinese. He documented his experiences in the book Salesman in Beijing, published in with.   The Chinese version of Broadway musical Cinderella hits the stages of Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen. Directed by Joseph Graves, a western theatre actor and dir.

Arthur Miller is one of the most influential contemporary American playwrights after Eugene O’Neill. In the s and s, he rose to fame with All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, The Crucible and other social problem plays. Since , Death of a Salesman has been performed continually on Broadway and in many countries all over the world. Miller and his plays came to China when China. 'Death of a Salesman' in Beijing. Instant. Rewards. Branded. Help. Arthur Miller () was born in New York City and studied at the University of Michigan. His plays include THE MAN WHO HAD ALL THE LUCK (), ALL MY SONS (), DEATH OF A SALESMAN (), THE CRUCIBLE (), A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE and A MEMORY OF TWO MONDAYS (), AFTER THE FALL (), INCIDENT AT VICHY (), THE PRICE (), THE .

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