Editing Arthur Miller (section)

=== 1964–2004: Later career ===
In 1964, ''[[After the Fall (play)|After the Fall]]'' was produced, and is said to be a deeply personal view of Miller's experiences during his marriage to Monroe. It reunited Miller with his former friend Kazan; they collaborated on the script and direction. It opened on January 23, 1964, at the [[ANTA Theatre]] in [[Washington Square Park]] amid a flurry of publicity and outrage at putting a Monroe-like character, Maggie, on stage.<ref name="Observer_obit" /> Robert Brustein, in a review in the ''[[The New Republic|New Republic]]'', called ''After the Fall'' "a three and one half hour breach of taste, a confessional autobiography of embarrassing explicitness ... There is a misogynistic strain in the play which the author does not seem to recognize. ... He has created a shameless piece of tabloid gossip, an act of exhibitionism which makes us all voyeurs ... a wretched piece of dramatic writing."<ref>{{cite web |last=Schwartz |first=Stephen |url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/005/258bqlwx.asp |title=The Moral of Arthur Miller |work=[[The Weekly Standard]] |date=February 28, 2005 |access-date=October 30, 2013 |archive-date=January 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107153947/http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/005/258bqlwx.asp |url-status=dead}}</ref> That year, Miller produced ''[[Incident at Vichy]]''. In 1965, he was elected the first American president of [[PEN International]], a position which he held for four years.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Arthur |last=Miller |title=A Visit With Castro |date=December 24, 2003 |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/visit-castro/ |magazine=[[The Nation]] |access-date=August 1, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150820192342/http://www.thenation.com/article/visit-castro/
|archive-date=August 20, 2015}}</ref> A year later, he organized the 1966 PEN congress in New York City. He also wrote the penetrating family drama ''[[The Price (play)|The Price]]'', produced in 1968.<ref name="Observer_obit" /> It was his most successful play since ''Death of a Salesman''.<ref name="UMICH_60s70s80s">{{cite web |publisher=University of Michigan
|title=Arthur Miller Files 60s70s80s |url=http://www.umich.edu/~amfiles/biography/607080.html |access-date=October 14, 2006}}</ref>

In 1968, Miller attended the [[1968 Democratic National Convention|Democratic National Convention]] as a delegate for [[Eugene McCarthy]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kurlansky, Mark|url=https://archive.org/details/1968yearthatrock0000kurl_o9x1|title=1968: The Year that Rocked the World|page=[https://archive.org/details/1968yearthatrock0000kurl_o9x1/page/272/mode/1up 272]|year=2004|publisher=Ballantine|isbn=0-345-45581-9|edition=1st|location=New York|oclc=53929433|url-access=registration}}</ref> In 1969, Miller's works were banned in the [[Soviet Union]] after he campaigned for the freedom of [[Soviet dissidents|dissident writers]].<ref name="chronology" /> Throughout the 1970s, he spent much of his time experimenting with the theatre, producing one-act plays such as ''Fame'' and ''The Reason Why'', and traveling with his wife, producing ''In the Country'' and ''Chinese Encounters'' with her. Both his 1972 comedy ''[[The Creation of the World and Other Business]]'' and its musical adaptation, ''[[Up from Paradise]]'', were critical and commercial failures.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/00/11/12/specials/miller-genesis.html |title=Arthur Miller Returns to Genesis for First Musical |work=The New York Times |author=Mel Gussow |date=April 17, 1974 |access-date=January 11, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Rich |first=Frank |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/26/theater/stage-miller-s-up-from-paradise.html |title=Stage: Miller's Up from Paradise |work=The New York Times |page=C22 |date=October 26, 1983 |access-date=January 11, 2009}}</ref>

Miller was an unusually articulate commentator on his own work. In 1978, he published a collection of his ''Theater Essays'', edited by Robert A. Martin and with a foreword by Miller. Highlights of the collection included Miller's introduction to his ''Collected Plays'', his reflections on the theory of tragedy, comments on the McCarthy Era, and pieces arguing for a publicly supported theater. Reviewing this collection in the ''Chicago Tribune,'' [[Studs Terkel]] remarked, "In reading [the ''Theater Essays'']&nbsp;... you are exhilaratingly aware of a social critic, as well as a playwright, who knows what he's talking about."<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Martin |editor-first=Robert A. |title=The Theater Essays of Arthur Miller |year=1978 |publisher=Viking |isbn=0670698016}}</ref>

[[File:Arthur Miller (1986, PEN Congress) (cropped).tif|thumb|left|upright|Miller at the 1986 [[PEN International|PEN]] Congress]]
In 1983, Miller traveled to China to produce and direct ''Death of a Salesman'' at the People's Art Theatre in [[Beijing]]. It was a success in China<ref name="UMICH_60s70s80s" /> and in 1984, ''Salesman in Beijing'', a book about Miller's experiences in Beijing, was published. Around the same time, ''Death of a Salesman'' was adapted into [[Death of a Salesman (1985 film)|a television film]] starring [[Dustin Hoffman]] as Willy Loman. The film was broadcast on CBS, and garnered an audience viewership of 25 million.<ref name="chronology" /><ref>{{cite book |editor-last1=Wilmeth |editor-first1=Don B. |editor-last2=Bigsby |editor-first2=Christopher |title=The Cambridge History of American Theatre Volume III: Post-World War II to the 1990s |year=2006 |page=296 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=978-0-521-67985-5}}</ref> In late 1987, Miller's autobiographical work, ''Timebends'', was published. Before it was published, it was well known that Miller would not talk about Monroe in interviews; however, in the book, he wrote extensively in detail about his experiences with Monroe.<ref name="Observer_obit" />

During the early 1990s, Miller wrote three new plays: ''[[The Ride Down Mt. Morgan]]'' (1991), ''[[The Last Yankee]]'' (1992), and ''[[Broken Glass (play)|Broken Glass]]'' (1994). In 1996, [[The Crucible (1996 film)|a film adaptation]] of ''The Crucible'' starring [[Daniel Day-Lewis]], [[Paul Scofield]], [[Bruce Davison]] and [[Winona Ryder]] was released. Miller spent much of 1996 working on the screenplay.<ref name="chronology" />

''[[Mr. Peters' Connections]]'' was staged [[Off-Broadway]] in 1998, and ''Death of a Salesman'' was revived on Broadway in 1999 to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The 1999 revival ran for 274 performances at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, starring [[Brian Dennehy]] as Willy Loman. Once again, it was a large critical success, winning a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play.<ref>{{cite news
|title='Death of a Salesman' Takes Four Tony Awards |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jun-07-mn-45037-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=June 7, 1999 |access-date=January 8, 2023 |url-access=limited}}</ref>

In 1993, Miller received the [[National Medal of Arts]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nea.gov/honors/medals/medalists_year.html#93 |title=1993 Lifetime Honors |publisher=National Medal of Arts |access-date=December 18, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721054307/http://www.nea.gov/honors/medals/medalists_year.html |archive-date=July 21, 2011}}</ref> He was honored with the [[PEN/Laura Pels Theater Award]] for a Master American Dramatist in 1998. In 2001, the [[National Endowment for the Humanities]] selected him for the [[Jefferson Lecture]], the U.S. federal government's highest honor for achievement in the [[humanities]].<ref name="jefflect">{{cite web |url=https://www.neh.gov/about/awards/jefferson-lecture/arthur-miller-biography |title=Arthur Miller |publisher=National Endowment for the Humanities |access-date=January 22, 2009}}</ref> His lecture, "On Politics and the Art of Acting",<ref>{{cite speech |last=Miller |first=Arthur |url=http://www.neh.gov/whoweare/miller/lecture.html |title=On Politics and the Art of Acting |publisher=National Endowment for the Humanities |date=March 26, 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010717020140/http://www.neh.gov/whoweare/miller/lecture.html |archive-date=July 17, 2001 |url-status=dead}}</ref> analyzed political events (including the [[2000 United States presidential election|U.S. presidential election of 2000]])
in terms of the "arts of performance". It drew attacks from some conservatives<ref>{{cite news |last=Craig |first=Bruce |title=Arthur Miller's Jefferson Lecture Stirs Controversy |url=http://www.oah.org/pubs/nl/2001may/ncc.html |date=May 2001 |work=OAH Newsletter |publisher=[[Organization of American Historians]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011222143737/http://www.oah.org/pubs/nl/2001may/ncc.html |archive-date=December 22, 2001 |url-status=dead}}</ref> such as [[Jay Nordlinger]], who called it "a disgrace";<ref>{{cite news |last=Nordlinger |first=Jay |url=http://www.nationalreview.com/impromptus/impromptus042202.asp |title=Back to Plessy, Easter with Fidel, Miller's new tale |work=[[National Review]] |date=April 22, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020520083718/https://www.nationalreview.com/impromptus/impromptus042202.asp |archive-date=May 20, 2002 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[George Will]], who argued that Miller was not a legitimate "scholar".<ref>{{cite web |last=Will |first=George |author-link=George Will |url=http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/will041001.asp |title=Enduring Arthur Miller: Oh, the Humanities! |publisher=[[Jewish World Review]] |date=April 10, 2001}}</ref>

In October 1999, Miller received [[The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize]], given annually to "a man or woman who has made an outstanding contribution to the beauty of the world and to mankind's enjoyment and understanding of life".<ref>{{cite news |last=McGrath |first=Sean |url=https://playbill.com/article/arthur-miller-to-receive-1999-dorothy-and-lillian-gish-prize-com-83204 |title=Arthur Miller to Receive 1999 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize |work=Playbill |date=July 20, 1999 |access-date=January 18, 2023}}</ref> Additionally in 1999, [[San Jose State University]] honored Miller with the [[John Steinbeck Award|John Steinbeck "In the Souls of the People" Award]], which is given to those who capture "Steinbeck's empathy, commitment to democratic values, and belief in the dignity of people who by circumstance are pushed to the fringes."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arthur Miller |url=https://www.steinbeckaward.com/awardees/arthur-miller |access-date=October 29, 2024 |website=The John Steinbeck Award |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2001, he received the [[National Book Foundation]]'s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.<ref>{{cite speech |last=Miller |first=Arthur |url=http://www.nationalbook.org/nbaacceptspeech_amiller.html |title=Acceptance Speech by Arthur Miller, Winner of the 2001 Distinguished Contribution to American Letters Award |year=2001 |publisher=National Book Foundation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030126001503/http://www.nationalbook.org/nbaacceptspeech_amiller.html |archive-date=January 26, 2003 |url-status=dead}}</ref> On May 1, 2002, he received Spain's [[Principe de Asturias Prize for Literature]] as "the undisputed master of modern drama". Later that year, Ingeborg Morath died of [[lymphatic cancer]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Wrigg |first=William |work=The New York Times Magazine |title=On Inge Morath's death |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/12/magazine/l-inge-morath-754897.html |access-date=January 21, 2007 |date=January 12, 2003}}</ref> at the age of 78. The following year, Miller won the [[Jerusalem Prize]].<ref name="chronology" />

In December 2004, 89-year-old Miller announced that he had been in love with 34-year-old [[Minimalism|minimalist painter]] Agnes Barley and had been living with her at his Connecticut farm since 2002, and that they intended to marry.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1478782/At-89-Arthur-Miller-grows-old-romantically.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1478782/At-89-Arthur-Miller-grows-old-romantically.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | title=At 89, Arthur Miller grows old romantically | newspaper=The Daily Telegraph | date=December 11, 2004 | access-date=September 3, 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> 
Miller's final play, ''[[Finishing the Picture]]'', opened at the [[Goodman Theatre]], Chicago, in the fall of 2004, with one character said to be based on Barley.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-10-20-miller_x.htm | title=Arthur Miller creates a new work | location=Chicago | newspaper=[[USA Today]] | date=October 10, 2004 | access-date=September 23, 2014 | quote=And in the play's sweetest moments, he's found a new romance – Kitty's tenderhearted secretary, played by Fisher, a union perhaps mirroring Miller's reported new relationship with Agnes Barley, a 34-year-old artist.}}</ref> It was reportedly based on his experience during the filming of ''The Misfits'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/19/magazine/19MILL.html | title=Goodbye (Again), Norma Jean | last=Solomon | first=Deborah | work=The New York Times| date=September 19, 2004 | access-date=September 3, 2014}}</ref> though Miller insisted the play was a work of fiction with independent characters that were no more than composite shadows of history.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2005/02/12/arthur-miller-11/ | title=Arthur Miller (1915–2005) – The Shadow Of Marilyn Monroe. Decades later, a man still haunted | last=Jones | first=Chris | newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] | date=February 12, 2005 | access-date=September 3, 2014}}</ref>