The University of Delaware Library

Special Collections Department


Richard Hoffman
Arthur Miller
Collection

1945 - 2000

Manuscript Collection Number: 484
Accessioned: Gift of Richard Hoffman and purchase, December 2002 - January 2003.
Extent: 2 linear ft.
Content: Play scripts, screenplays, photographs, correspondence, financial documents, posters, flyers, periodicals, journals, theatre programs, news clippings, and ephemera.
Access: The collection is open for research.
Processed: February 2004 by Gerald Cloud

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Table of Contents


Biographical Note

Richard Hoffman

Richard Hoffman, the Brooklyn theater collector and bookdealer, built the Arthur Miller Collection over a period of fifty years. During his service in the United States Army, Hoffman’s experience as an actor led to an assignment to create a television program titled “Your Army in View,” which consisted of interviews and live drama. After his discharge from the service in 1955, Hoffman taught in the drama department of The City College of New York. During this period he was awarded a Eugene O’Neill fellowship for playwriting. He also seriously began to collect rare books and first editions of contemporary American dramatists, notably the playwrights Eugene O’Neill, Arthur Miller, and Neil Simon. Richard Hoffman's interest in collecting first editions led to his career as an antiquarian bookdealer.

Arthur Miller

The American dramatist, writer, and essayist Arthur Miller was born October 17, 1915, in New York City. Miller was educated at the University of Michigan, A.B., 1938. Recognized by critics as one of the twentieth-century’s preeminent playwrights, Miller began his career writing plays while in college. His first two works, Honors at Dawn (1936) and No Villain: They Too Arise (1937), both won the University of Michigan’s Avery Hopwood Award. After college Miller wrote radio plays, followed by the novel Focus (1945). During the late 1940s and early 1950s Miller’s stage plays began receiving a number of awards, including the Drama Critics Circle Awards, 1947, for All My Sons, and 1949, for Death of a Salesman; Antoinette Perry ("Tony") Awards, 1947, for All My Sons, 1949, for Death of a Salesman, and 1953, for The Crucible; Donaldson Awards, 1947, for All My Sons, 1949, for Death of a Salesman, and 1953, for The Crucible; Pulitzer Prize for drama, 1949, for Death of a Salesman. Frequently cited as one of the central works of twentieth-century American drama, Death of a Salesman is Miller’s best known work.

Miller’s play concerning the Salem witch trials, The Crucible (1953), has been interpreted by some critics as an allegory for the McCarthy trials that took place during the early 1950s. Miller himself, accused of having communist sympathies, was subpoenaed by the House Un-American Activities Committee, but refused to provide the committee with the names of other supposed communists. As a result Miller was found in contempt of Congress, but the conviction was overturned in 1958. During this same period Miller’s life was affected by his marriage to the actress Marilyn Monroe, whom he wed in 1956. The public attention that surrounded the couple combined with Monroe’s troubled fame proved difficult for Miller. However, his script for The Misfits (1961), based on a short story he first published in Esquire magazine in 1957, was written with Monroe in mind and reveals the admirable qualities he saw in her. They divorced in 1961. In After the Fall (1967) Miller further revealed the complexities of his relationship with Monroe, but within a broader thematic context that addresses man’s alienation. One of Miller’s most successful Broadway plays, The Price (1968), recalls the themes of his earlier works, such as All My Sons and Death of a Salesman. His other plays include Incident at Vichy (1964), The Archbishop's Ceiling (1977), The American Clock (1980), The Ride Down Mt. Morgan (1991), and Broken Glass (1994).

As a socially conscientious writer Miller has promoted human rights and artistic freedom; while serving as the president of International P.E.N. (1965 – 1969), Miller worked to open the organization to Soviet Bloc countries and to provide support for imprisoned and persecuted writers. He is credited with vitalizing the organization during his time as president.

Miller has received many honors for his writing, including an Obie Award, two New York Drama Critics Awards, two Emmy Awards, three Tony Awards, the Pulitzer Prize (1949), the American Academy of Arts and Letters gold medal (1959), a John F. Kennedy Award for Lifetime Achievement (1984), the Jerusalem Prize (2003), and many other honors.

Source:

Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2004. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: The Gale Group. 2004.


Scope and Content Note

The Richard Hoffman Arthur Miller Collection spans the dates 1945 – 2000 and comprises two linear feet of play scripts, screenplays, photographs, correspondence, financial documents, posters, flyers, periodicals, journals, theater programs, news clippings, and ephemera related to the American playwright and author Arthur Miller. Assembled by the writer and Brooklyn-based bookdealer Richard Hoffman, the collection also includes Miller’s published plays, which are cataloged individually and housed with printed collections in the Special Collections Department at the University of Delaware Library. Richard Hoffman built this archive by collecting materials related to the dramatic works of Arthur Miller, as well as general sources about Miller.

Series I. Dramatic Works is organized alphabetically according to the title of Miller’s dramatic works and comprises the majority of the collection. The series includes a broad representation of eighteen of Miller’s plays, beginning with All My Sons (1947) and running through Mr. Peters’ Connections (1998). Included are original play scripts for some of Miller’s most well-known works, such as After the Fall (1967, two copies), The Creation of the World and Other Business (1972, three copies), Death of a Salesman (1949, three copies), The Price (1968, two copies), and Up from Paradise (1978, two copies). Several of the scripts once belonged to cast members of Miller’s plays and bear the annotations and stage directions of Rose Arrick (After the Fall, 1984), Stanley Beck (After the Fall, 1964), Len Cariou (Up from Paradise), Paul Lipson (Death of a Salesman), and Esther Person (An Enemy of the People). Additionally, a revised film script for Let’s Make Love (1959) and the screenplay and dialogue continuity for The Misfits (1960- 61) are included in the series. The series also contains a number of promotional posters and theater programs, as well as original cast phonographic recordings of After the Fall, Incident at Vichy, and an operatic treatment of The Crucible. The most well-represented work in the series is Death of a Salesman: included are theater programs from the original production, financial documents related to production agreements and investment dividends, and promotional materials for both film and stage productions.

Series II. Miscellaneous Journals, Periodicals, and Ephemera comprises material related to Miller’s career in general.

Related Collections:

Mss 284 Richard Hoffman Neil Simon Collection


Series List

I.   Dramatic Works

1.   After the Fall 1964 – 1996
2.   All My Sons, 1947 – 1997
3.   The American Clock, 1980 – 1998
4.   The Archbishop’s Ceiling, [1977]
5.   The Creation of the World and Other Business, 1972 – 1973
6.   The Crucible, 1961 – 1997
7.   Death of a Salesman, 1948 – 1999
8.   The Difficult Years (Anni Difficili), 1948
9.   Elegy for a Lady, 1980
10.  An Enemy of the People, 1958 – 1971
11.  Incident at Vichy, 1964 – 1965
12.  Let’s Make Love, 1959
13.  The Misfits, 1960 – 1961
14.  Mr. Peters’ Connections, 1998
15.  Playing for Time
16.  The Price, 1967 – 1979
17.  The Ride Down Mt. Morgan, 1991 – 2000
18.  Up From Paradise, 1978
19.  A View from the Bridge, 1955 – 1998
     
II.  Miscellaneous journals, periodicals, and other ephemera

Contents List

Box -- Folder -- Contents


 			I. Dramatic Works
          
          After the Fall, 1964 – 1996
1    F1   After the Fall, New York: Anne Meyerson, Inc.,
          1964, playscript
          Cast member Stanley Beck’s typescript copy bound in
          maroon wrappers and heavily annotated with changes and
          stage directions.  Beck played the role of Mickey, a
          character based on Elia Kazan.
          
     F2   After the Fall, New York: Studio Duplicating Service,
          Inc., 1984, playscript
          Typescript copy of a revised script bound in black
          wrappers with cast member Rose Arrick’s annotations
          (Arrick played the character of the mother). Copyright
          1964, Revised February 1983, August 1984.  Property of:
          Roger Berlind & Ray Larsen, Alfie Productions, Inc.,
          New York City
          
     F3   Mercury Records, Original cast recording, n.d., four-
          phonograph set
          Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center, Elia Kazan,
               director; starring Jason Robards
          Removed to Sound Recordings.
          
     F4   Posters
          Playhouse 91, starring Frank Langella and Dianne Wiest,
          1984
          
          Shubert Theatre, [New Haven], Charles Aidman and Judi West,
          May 5-8 [1965]
          Removed to Oversized.
          
     F5   The New Theatre Review, Fall / Winter 1996
          “Charting the Course: Inge Morath’s Photographs of
          Arthur Miller’s After the Fall,” pp. 32-5, from Lincoln
          Center Repertory Company’s first season.  Morath is an
          Austrian-born photojournalist who met Miller during the
          filming of The Misfits, and later married him in 1962.
          
     F6   Saturday Evening Post, February 1, 1964
          Includes the entire text of the play with photographs
          by Inge Morath and an essay by Miller commenting on the
          play.  Removed to Oversized.
          
          
          All My Sons, 1947 – 1997
     F7   Lobby card (11x14), 1948
          Universal Pictures Company production starring Edward
          G. Robinson and Burt Lancaster.  Removed to Oversized.
          
          Theatre poster, [1997]
          Roundtable Theatre Co., Laura Pels Theatre, New York
          Removed to Oversized.
          
     F8   Playbill, Coronet Theatre, New York, February 24, 1947.
          Staged by Elia Kazan, starring Beth Merrill, Arthur
          Kennedy, Ed Begley.
          
          Playbill, Coronet Theatre, New York, April 7, 1947
          Staged by Elia Kazan, starring Beth Merrill, Arthur
          Kennedy, Ed Begley.
          
          Playbill, Roundabout Theatre Company, Laura Pels
          Theatre, New York, May 1997
          Directed by Barry Edelstein, starring John Cullum.
          

          The American Clock, 1980 – 1998
     F9   “The American Clock, a Mural for Theatre, by Arthur
          Miller, Inspired by Studs Terkel HARD TIMES,” New York:
          Studio Duplicating Service, [1980], playscript
          Typescript copy bound in blue wrappers, signed by
          Miller and numbered “68/200.”  Includes a program from
          the Harold Clurman Theatre production, Dock Street
          Theatre, Spoleto Festival, Charleston, South Carolina,
          May 21 – June 7, 1980.
          
     F10  Posters, two items, 1980
          Harold Clurman Theatre, New York, April 29 – May 17,
          previews
          
          Biltmore Theatre, New York City, n.d.
          Removed to Oversized.
          
     F11  Theatre programs, two copies
          Signature Theatre Company, New York City, the Arthur
          Miller Season 1997 – 1998.  Directed by James Houghton.
          
          
          The Archbishop’s Ceiling, [1977]
     F12  The Archbishop’s Ceiling, New York: Studio Duplicating
          Service, n.d., playscript.
          Typescript copy bound in a blue wrapper with a flyer
          from the World Premier at the Eisenhower Theater at
          Kennedy Center production laid in.
     
          The Creation of the World and Other Business, 1972 –
          1973
     F13  The Creation of the World and Other Business, a
          Catastrophic Comedy, New York: Studio Duplicating
          Service, 1972, playscript
          Typescript copy bound in black wrappers, Dowling-
          Whitehead-Stevens, New York City.  Pages 1.8 – 1.12
          heavily annotated in an unknown hand.
          
          
     F14  The Creation of the World and Other Business, a
          Catastrophic Comedy, New York: Studio Duplicating
          Service, 1972, playscript
          Typescript copy bound in maroon wrappers.  Bears the
          address label of Katherine Brown’s at the International
          Famous Agency.
          
     F15  The Creation of the World and Other Business, a
          Catastrophic Comedy, New York: Studio Duplicating
          Service, 1972, playscript
          Typescript copy bound heavy off-white binder.  Heavily
          annotated copy with the autograph note “Office Copy. |
          Act I, Act II, Act III…” on the binding cover.
          
     F16  Flyer, Fireside Theatre, Garden City, NY, 1973
          
          Artwork, original hand colored poster, Miller’s last
          name is missing from the poster.  Removed to Oversized.
          
          
          The Crucible, 1961 – 1997
     F17  Composers Recordings, Inc., New York City Opera, 1961,
          phonograph
          An Opera in four acts, libretto by Bernard Stambler,
          music by Robert Ward; featuring Frances Bible, Chester
          Ludgin, and Patricia Brooks
          Removed to sound recordings.
     
     F18  Art Work, 1967
          “Villagers” [55 x 38 cm], 1967
          Costume illustration, designed by Lewis Brown, for the
          American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco,
          California, July 1967.  Ink and gouache on board,
          signed and dated by the artist.  Removed to Oversized.
          
          “Thomas Putnam #7” [55 x 38 cm], 1967
          Costume illustration, designed by Lewis Brown, for the
          American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco,
          California, July 1967.  Includes a TLS(x) from the
          artist to Richard Buck at the New York Library for the
          Performing Arts concerning the sales of Lewis’s
          sketches for fund raising, dated 8 Oct 1991.
          Gouache on board, signed and dated by the artist.
          Removed to Oversized.
          

     F19  Theater poster
          The Belasco Theatre, New York City, November 1991 –
          January 1992
          
     F20  Press Kit, 1996
          Sixteen 8x10 black and white photographs, cast and crew
          list, promotional brochure housed in a portfolio from
          Twentieth Century Fox, starring Daniel Day Lewis and
          Winona Ryder.
          
          
1    F21  Video tape, 1997
          Twentieth Century Fox, starring Daniel Day Lewis and
          Winona Ryder.
          
          
          Death of a Salesman, 1948 – 1999
     F22A Death of a Salesman, Certain Private Conversations in
          Two Acts and a Requiem, New York: Hart Stenographic
          Bureau, “Sept. 1948,” playscript
          Typescript copy, signed by Miller on the title page.
          The detached red paper binding bears the address
          sticker of Hart Stenographic Bureau, New York City.
          This copy bears many textual differences from the
          published version.
          
     F22B  Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller
          New York: Hart Stenographic Bureau,
          “Copyright by the author, September 1948 / property of Bloomgarden 
          & Fried, 1545 Broadway, New York, N.Y." Playscript.
          Green paper covers with name "Lipson," who played Willie.
          Inside note "Play opened February 1949."
          This copy bears many pencilled actor's notesfor the character Willie.
          
     F23  Death of a Salesman, “September, 1948,” playscript
          Typescript copy in red leather binding with “DEATH OF A
          SALESMAN | ARTHUR MILLER | [rule] | PRODUCED BY |
          KERMIT BLOOMGARDEN | and | WALTER FRIED” gold stamped
          on the front cover.  This copy bears many textual
          differences from both the published version and the
          copy listed above.  “Property of Bloomgarden and Fried…
          New York, NY.”
          
     F24  Death of a Salesman, New York: Hart Stenographic
          Bureau, “September, 1948,” playscript
          Typescript copy, in a green paper binding heavily
          annotated with dialogue changes and stage direction
          notes by Paul Lipson, who played Willie
          Loman in an early production of the play.
          Signed by Lipson.
          
     F25  Limited partnership Agreement, 1948
          Legal contract between Kermit Bloomgarden and Walter
          Fried for the production of Death of a Salesman.
          Includes a list of limited partners and their share of
          profits to be received.  18 pp.
          
     F26A  Financial Statements and Monthly Reports, 1949 – 1967
          Pinto, Winokur, & Pagano Accountants and Auditors.
          Includes monthly reports for February 1949 and October
          1952, and a group of financial statements addresses to
          Samuel Krebs dating from February 1951 – December 1967
          documenting the statement of receipts, disbursements,
          expenses, and net profit for investors.  17 pp.

       F26B  Death of a Salesman / by Aurthur Miller, as produced
          by The Goodman Theater, Fall 1998 [playscript].
          Unbound, word-processed typescript copy, [1], 159 pp.
          Title page signed by cast members, including Brian Dennehy,
          who played Willie Loman.
                  
          
     F27  Theater Programs, 1949 – 1999
          
          Playbill, Morosco Theatre, New York City, February 10,
          1949, signed by Miller.
          Starring Lee J. Cobb as Willy Loman
          
          Playbill, Morosco Theatre, New York City, June 20, 1949
          Starring Lee J. Cobb as Willy Loman
          
          Playbill, Morosco Theatre, New York City, October 9,
          1950
          Starring Thomas Mitchell as Willy Loman, with the new
          cast.
          
          Souvenir program, 1984
          Cast includes Dustin Hoffman as Willy Loman and John
          Malkovich as Biff.  The program is autographed by the
          cast and crew of the production.
          
          Playbill, Eugene O’Neill Theatre, New York City, June
          1999 (2 copies)
          Robert Falls, director; starring Brian Dennehy as Willy
          Loman.
          
          
     F28  Posters and Promotional material, 1950 – 1999
          Souvenir program, New York: Program Publishing Company,
          [1950]
          Directed by Elia Kazan, with Thomas Mitchell in the
          role of Willy Loman.  Includes Miller’s essay “Tragedy
          and the Common Man.”  Cover mentions Pulitzer Prize and
          New York Drama Critics Award.
          
          Two flyers from the Book of the Month Club, n.d.
          Reviews by John Mason Brown and Katherine S. Rosin
          
          Drawing [35 x 55cm], by D.A. Amrens, 1949
          Pencil sketch of cast members Lee J. Cobb, Mildred
          Dunnock, Arthur Kennedy, and Cameron Mitchell
          autographed by each cast member.  Removed to Oversized.
 
          
          8x10 black and white photograph of Lee J. Cobb and
          Mildred Dunnock, [1949]
          
          8x10 color photograph of an artist’s rendering of the
          play’s stage and set, n.d.
          Peter A Juley & Sons, photographers of fine arts, New
          York City
          
          11x14 black and white photograph, with Thomas Mitchell,
          Paul Langton, Darren McGavin, Constance Ford, and Hope
          Cameron, [1950]
          Removed to Oversized 20”
          
          Nine Film Posters, Stanley Kramer film production, 1952
               Six Lobby cards 28 x 35.5cm (Removed to
               Oversized.)
               One poster 56 x 35.5cm (Removed to Oversized.)
               One poster 50.5 x 70.5cm (Removed to Oversized.)
               One poster 91 x 35.5cm (Removed to MAPCASE)
               
          Pressbook, promotional material, Stanley Kramer film
          production, 1952
          Removed to Oversized 20”
          
          Poster, for the production starring Dustin Hoffman and
          John Malkovich, [1985].  Removed to Oversized.
          
          Color Samples for the set design
          11x14 board with cloth samples and staging directions.
          Removed to Oversized 20”
          
     F29  Life, February 21, 1949. “Death of a Salesman: Fine
          Tragedy Becomes a Critical and Box-Office Sensation.”
          Review, 4 pp.  Removed to Oversized 20”
          
          
          The Difficult Years (Anni Difficili), 1948
     F30  Photographs.  Two 8x10 black and white publicity
          photographs from the Lopert Films production.  Miller
          wrote the English language narrative for the Italian
          film Anni Difficili.
         
          Elegy for a Lady, 1980
     F31  Elegy for a Lady, January, 1980, playscript
          Typescript copy in International Creative Management
          paper binding with an autograph note on ICM stationery
          from “Marilyn” to “Doris” laid in.
          
          
          An Enemy of the People, 1958 – 1971
2         F32  “Arthur Miller’s adaptation of An Enemy of the
          People, by Henrik Ibsen,” New York: Studio Duplicating
          Services, 1958, playscript
          Typescript copy bound in maroon wrappers heavily
          annotated by cast member Esther Person.
     
     F33  Theater programs, two items, 1959 – 1971
          
          Actors Playhouse Theatre, New York, [1959]
          Gene Frankel, director.  Includes ticket stub, February
          10, 1959.
          
          The Repertory Theatre of Lincoln CenterVivian Beaumont
          Theatre, New York, March 11 – April 25, 1971
          Jules Irving, director
          
          Incident at Vichy, 1964 – 1965
     F34  Flyer, Curtain Time, 1965
          
     F35  Original cast recording, New York: Theatre Recording
          Society, 1964 – 1965, phonographs
          Harold Clurman, director; starring David Wayne and Hal
          Holbrook.  Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center for the
          Performing Arts.  Removed to Sound Recordings
          
          Let’s Make Love, 1959
     F36  Let’s Make Love, Written for the screen by Norman
          Krasna, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation,
          December 30, 1959, film script
          Typescript copy revised shooting final bound in a
          yellow Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation paper
          covers.
          
          The Misfits, 1960 – 1961
     F37  The Misfits, New York: Anne Meyerson, 1960, film
          script.
          Typescript copy bound in brown wrappers, dated
          “Revision – March, 1960,” and signed by Miller on the
          title page.  Includes the address for Seven Arts
          Productions, Hollywood, California on the title page.
          
          
     F38  “Dialogue continuity on The Misfits,” January 10, 1961
          Typescript copy of the dialogue and cutting continuity
          for the finished film, with blue paper covers.  A John
          Huston Production and a United Artists Release.
          
          Mr. Peters’ Connections, April 13, 1998
     F39  Theatre Programs, Signature Theatre Company, New York
          City, two items
          Garry Hynes, director; starring Peter Falk
          
          Playing for Time, n.d.
     F40  Screenplay, “A Linda Yellen Project,” for the Sy
          Fischer Company, New York.
          Typescript copy, including the following note on p.[2],
          “a screenplay based on the facts in the Memoir by Fania
          Fenelon, member of the Women’s Orchestra in the
          Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp.”
          
          The Price, 1967 – 1979
     F41  The Price, a Play by Arthur Miller, New York: Studio
          Duplicating Service, 1967, playscript.
          Typescript copy bound in red wrappers with revised
          carbon pages and cancelled passages.  Includes Producer
          Robert Whitehead’s address sticker on the title page.
          
     F42  The Price, a Play by Arthur Miller, New York: Studio
          Duplicating Service, 1968, playscript.
          Corrected typescript copy bound in red wrappers, front
          cover missing, also includes Miller’s production note,
          p.[2].  “Property of: Robert Whitehead Productions… New
          York.”
          
     F43  Playbill, Morosco Theatre, New York, March 1968; Ulu
          Grosbard, director
          Starring Pat Hingle, Kate Reid, Harold Gary, and Arthur
          Kennedy.
          
          Showbill, Playhouse Theatre, New York, June 1979; John
          Stix, director
          Starring Joseph Buloff, Mitchell Ryan, Fritz Weaver,
          and Scotty Bloch.
          
     F44  Saturday Evening Post, February 10, 1968
          Includes the entire text of the play
          
          The Ride Down Mt. Morgan, 1991 – 2000
     F45  The Ride Down Mt. Morgan, n.d., playscript
          Typescript copy bound in spiral plastic covers,
          including the autograph note “Working copy sent to
          publisher of limited edition, River Run.”
          
     F46  Playbill, Ambassador Theatre, New York City, April 2000
          David Esbjornson, director; signed by cast member
          Patrick Stewart.
          
          Up From Paradise, 1978
     F47  Up From Paradise, book and lyrics by Arthur
          Miller, music by Stanley Silverman, 1978, playscript
          Typescript copy heavily annotated with stage diagrams
          and directions, includes text, musical lyrics, and the
          director’s stage directions.  Also includes TLS to Ran
          Avni, Jewish Repertory Theatre from Bridget Aschenberg,
          International Creative Management, dated March 7, 1984,
          and original mailing envelope.
          
     F48  Up From Paradise, book and lyrics by Arthur Miller,
          music by Stanley Silverman, 1978, playscript
          Typescript copy in green plastic three-ring binder
          labeled “God” (cast member Len Cariou) with autograph
          corrections in multiple hands.  Includes sheet music
          for the songs in the play.
          
          
          A View from the Bridge, 1955 – 1998
     F49  Theatre Arts, September 1956
          Complete text of the play removed from the original
               magazine.
          
     F50  Theater programs & Flyer
          
          Handbill, Coronet Theatre, New York, [1955]
          Martin Ritt, director; starring Van Heflin and J.
          Carrol Naish
          
          Sutton Theatre, New York, n.d. (from the film)
          Sidney Lumet, director; starring Raf Vallone and
          Maureen Stapleton
          
          Showcard, Sheridan Square Playhouse, New York, [1965]
          Ulu Grosbard, director; starring Robert Duvall. Signed
          by Miller.
          
          Playbill, Criterion Center Stage Right, New York,
          December 1997
          Michael Mayer, director; starring Anthony LaPaglia
          
          Playbill, Neil Simon Theatre, New York, August 1998
          Michael Mayer, director; starring Tony Danza. Includes
          a handbill.
          I. Dramatic Works (cont’d)
          
          
2    F51  Posters, 1962 – [1998]
          Continental Distributing, film directed by Sidney
          Lumet, starring Raf Vollone and Jean Sorel, 1962
               Lobby card, two items, removed to Oversized
               Poster, removed to Oversized mapcase.
          
          Ambassador Theatre, New York City, n.d., poster
          Arvin Brown, director; starring Tony LoBianco, removed
          to Oversized.
     
          Poster, Neil Simon Theatre, New York City, n.d., poster
          Michael Mayer, director; starring Anthony LaPaglia,
          removed to Oversized.
          
          
          II. Miscellaneous journals, periodicals, and ephemera
          
          Speaking Freely, 1968
     F52  Transcript of Miller’s appearance on WNBC talk show,
          aired August 18, 1968 hosted by Edwin Newman.  Includes
          mailing envelope from NBC addressed to Leah M. Hoffman.
     
     
          Periodicals
     F53  Harper’s Magazine, November 1960
          “The State of Theatre, Arthur Miller Interviewed by
          Henry Brandon”
          
          Michigan Quarterly Review, July 1967
          “Arthur Miller Talks”
          
          Saturday Review, June 4, 1966
          “The Role of P.E.N.,” by Miller
          
          Theatre Arts, September 1945
          “Story of G.I. Joe, A Sequence from the film.” Includes
          Miller's introductory note.
          
          World Theatre: the Young Author, 1951
          “An American Reaction,” by Miller, including a
          portrait, text in French and English.
          
          Journals
     F54  The Noble Savage, two items
          March 1960, no. 1
          “Please Don’t Kill Anything,” by Miller
          
          October 1962, no. 5
          “Glimpse at a Jockey,” by Miller
          
 
          Paris Review, Summer 1966, no. 38
          “The Art of Theatre II, Arthur Miller: an Interview”
          
          Poetry and Film, 1972
          NY: Gotham Book Mart
          “Poetry and the Film: a Symposium,” group interview
          with Miller originally held October 28, 1953.  Signed
          by Miller.
          
          Ephemera
          
     F55  Photographs, three items
          One 8x10 black and white photograph of Miller.  One
          black and white photograph of Miller and one magazine
          still of Miller, both signed.
          
          
     F56  Miscellaneous Ephemera
          “A Note by Arthur Miller,” n.d.
          Liner notes from the compact disc recording of
          Beethoven: Symphonies 5 & 7, Philharmonia Orchestra,
          Vladimir Ashkenazy.  Miller discusses his thoughts on
          how Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony helped Lee J. Cobb form
          his approach to the role of Willie Loman.
          
          “Arthur Miller Says,” 1949
          The Silver Tassie by Sean O’Casey, theatre program with
          Miller’s brief essay on The Interplayers theater group.
          
          Kennedy Center Honors Program and Pictorial Calendar,
          1984
          Honorees include Miller, Lena Horne, Danny Kaye, Gian
          Carlo Menotti, and Isaac Stern.  Includes a black and
          white photograph of the honorees and a flyer from CBS
          television.
          
          News clippings, flyers, postcards and other ephemera,
          including the PEN American Center program “An Eightieth
          Birthday Celebration for Arthur Miller,” October 30,
          1995 (two copies).  

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