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...also a magnificent try, concerned with something so simple, central and terrible that the run of playwrights would neither care nor dare to attempt it. It reveals the tragedy of a typical American who loses out by trying too hard to win out; it chronicles the propless failure born of the worship of success ... Now a solid front-ranker among young U.S. playwrights, Arthur Miller took last week's success with caution. WHEN A FRIEND SAID THAT HE HAD 'ARRIVED,' MILLER PROTESTED: 'YOU NEVER ARRIVE, REALLY. There's always the next one ... Anybody in this business who thinks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 3/14/2005 | See Source »

...also a magnificent try, concerned with something so simple, central and terrible that the run of playwrights would neither care nor dare to attempt it. It reveals the tragedy of a typical American who loses out by trying too hard to win out; it chronicles the propless failure born of the worship of success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE THEATER 1949: DEATH OF A SALESMAN by Arthur Miller | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

...also a magnificent try, concerned with something so simple, central and terrible that the run of playwrights would neither care nor dare to attempt it. It reveals the tragedy of a typical American who loses out by trying too hard to win out; it chronicles the propless failure born of the worship of success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Plays in Manhattan, Feb. 21, 1949 | 2/21/1949 | See Source »

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