Editing Arthur Miller (section)

== Legacy ==
Miller's writing career spanned over seven decades, and at the time of his death, he was considered one of the 20th century's greatest dramatists.<ref name="BBC-Obit" /> After his death, many respected actors, directors, and producers paid tribute to him,<ref>{{cite news
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|title=Tributes to Arthur Miller
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4258921.stm
|access-date=November 9, 2006 | date=February 12, 2005}}</ref> some calling him the last great practitioner of the American stage,<ref>{{cite news
|publisher=BBC
|title=Legacy of Arthur Miller
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4258305.stm
|access-date=January 21, 2007 | date=February 11, 2005}}</ref> and Broadway theatres darkened their lights in a show of respect.<ref>{{cite news
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|title=Broadway lights go out for Arthur Miller
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4259409.stm
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Miller's alma mater, the [[University of Michigan]], opened the Arthur Miller Theatre in March 2007. Per his express wish, it is the only theater in the world that bears his name.<ref>{{cite web
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Miller's letters, notes, drafts and other papers are housed at the [[Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center]] at the University of Texas at Austin. Miller is also a member of the [[American Theater Hall of Fame]]. He was inducted in 1979.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theaterhalloffame.org/members.html#M|title=Theater Hall of Fame &#124; The Official Website &#124; Members &#124; Preserve the Past • Honor the Present • Encourage the Future|website=theaterhalloffame.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1979/11/19/113925202.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1979/11/19/113925202.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=Theater Hall of Fame Enshrines 51 Artists|work=The New York Times|access-date=March 13, 2014}}</ref> In 1993, he received the [[Four Freedoms Award]] for Freedom of Speech.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rooseveltinstitute.org/four-freedoms-awards |title=Four Freedoms Awards |access-date=April 4, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325223647/http://www.rooseveltinstitute.org/four-freedoms-awards |archive-date=March 25, 2015}}</ref> In 2017, his daughter, Rebecca Miller, a writer and filmmaker, completed a documentary about her father's life, ''[[Arthur Miller: Writer]]''.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/arthur_miller_writer/ | title=Arthur Miller: Writer (2018)| website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref> Minor planet [[3769 Arthurmiller]] is named after him.<ref>{{cite book|title=(3769) Arthurmiller [2.26, 0.11, 4.7] In: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names |publisher=Springer |date=2006 |isbn=978-3-540-34361-5 |doi=10.1007/978-3-540-34361-5|last1 = Schmadel|first1 = Lutz D.|url=https://cds.cern.ch/record/1453284 }}</ref> In the 2022 [[Netflix]] film ''[[Blonde (2022 film)|Blonde]]'', Miller was portrayed by [[Adrien Brody]].<ref>{{cite web |title='Blonde': 10 of the Marilyn Monroe Biopic's Stars and Their Real-Life Inspirations |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/marilyn-monroe-blonde-characters-casting/john-f-kennedy-portrayed-by-caspar-phillipson/ |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=August 6, 2023 |date=September 28, 2022}}</ref>

=== Foundation ===
The Arthur Miller Foundation was founded to honor the legacy of Miller and the New York City Public School education. Its mission is "Promoting increased access and equity to theater arts education in our schools and increasing the number of students receiving theater arts education as an integral part of their academic curriculum."<ref>Arthur Miller Foundation, summary report and legitimacy information, guidestar.org</ref> Its other initiatives include certification of new theater teachers and their placement in public schools, increasing the number of theater teachers in the system from the current{{as of?|date=December 2022}} estimate of 180 teachers in 1800 schools, supporting professional development of all certified theater teachers, and providing teaching artists, cultural partners, physical spaces, and theater ticket allocations for students. The foundation's primary purpose is to provide arts education in the [[New York City Department of Education|New York City school system]]. Its current chancellor is Carmen Farina, a prominent proponent of the [[Common Core State Standards Initiative]]. The Master Arts Council includes [[Alec Baldwin]], [[Ellen Barkin]], [[Bradley Cooper]], [[Dustin Hoffman]], [[Scarlett Johansson]], [[Tony Kushner]], [[Julianne Moore]], [[Michael Moore]], [[Liam Neeson]], [[David O. Russell]], and [[Liev Schreiber]]. Miller's son-in-law, [[Daniel Day-Lewis]], has served on the current board of directors since 2016.<ref>The Arthur Miller Foundation, arthurmillerfoundation.org</ref>

The foundation celebrated Miller's 100th birthday with a one-night performance of his seminal works in November 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pen.org/blog/arthur-miller-centenary-events-guide|title=Celebrating Arthur Miller's Centenary: An Events Guide|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011021907/http://www.pen.org/blog/arthur-miller-centenary-events-guide|archive-date=October 11, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Arthur Miller Foundation currently supports a pilot program in theater and film at the public school Quest to Learn, in partnership with the Institute of Play. The model is being used as an in-school elective theater class and lab. Its objective is to create a sustainable theater education model to disseminate to teachers at professional development workshops.<ref>Media Room, Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770, hastypudding.org</ref>

=== Archive ===
Miller donated thirteen boxes of his earliest manuscripts to the [[Harry Ransom Center]] at the [[University of Texas at Austin]] in 1961 and 1962.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=00786|title=Arthur Miller: An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Center|website=norman.hrc.utexas.edu|access-date=January 10, 2018}}</ref> This collection included the original handwritten notebooks and early typed drafts for ''Death of a Salesman'', ''The Crucible'', ''All My Sons'', and other works. In January 2018, the Ransom Center announced the acquisition of the remainder of the Miller archive, totaling over 200 boxes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sites.utexas.edu/ransomcentermagazine/2018/01/09/playwright-arthur-millers-archive-comes-to-the-harry-ransom-center/|title=Playwright Arthur Miller's archive comes to the Harry Ransom Center|website=sites.utexas.edu|language=en-US|access-date=January 10, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/09/arts/arthur-miller-archive-ransom-center.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/09/arts/arthur-miller-archive-ransom-center.html |archive-date=January 1, 2022 |url-access=limited|title=Inside the Battle for Arthur Miller's Archive|last=Schuessler|first=Jennifer|date=2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 10, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The full archive opened in November 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sites.utexas.edu/ransomcentermagazine/2019/12/05/playwright-arthur-millers-archive-opens-to-researchers/|title=Playwright Arthur Miller's archive opens to researchers|website=sites.utexas.edu|access-date=December 14, 2019}}</ref>

=== Literary and public criticism ===
[[Christopher Bigsby]] wrote ''Arthur Miller: The Definitive Biography'' based on boxes of papers Miller made available to him before his death in 2005.<ref name="Times">{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article3499774.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830065308/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article3499774.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 30, 2008|title=Unseen writings show anti-racist passions of young Arthur Miller|author=Alberge, Dalya |work=The Times |location=London |date=March 7, 2008|access-date=March 7, 2008 }}</ref> The book was published in November 2008, and is reported to reveal unpublished works in which Miller "bitterly attack[ed] the injustices of American racism long before it was taken up by the civil rights movement".<ref name="Times" /> In his book ''Trinity of Passion'', author [[Alan M. Wald]] conjectures that Miller was "a member of a writer's unit of the [[Communist Party USA|Communist Party]] around 1946", using the pseudonym Matt Wayne, and editing a drama column in the magazine ''[[The New Masses]]''.<ref name="wald01">{{cite book|last=Wald|first=Alan M|author-link=Alan M. Wald|title=Trinity of passion: the literary left and the antifascist crusade|publisher=University of North Carolina Press|location=NC|year=2007|pages=212–221|chapter=7|isbn=978-0-8078-3075-8|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EJ7lFKljctAC|access-date=May 6, 2009}}</ref>

In 1999, the writer [[Christopher Hitchens]] attacked Miller for comparing the [[Clinton–Lewinsky scandal|Monica Lewinsky investigation]] to the [[Salem witch hunt]]. Miller had asserted a parallel between the examination of physical evidence on Lewinsky's dress and the examinations of women's bodies for signs of the "Devil's Marks" in Salem. Hitchens scathingly disputed the parallel.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hitchens|first1=Christopher|author-link=Christopher Hitchens|title=Bill Clinton: Is He the Most Crooked President in History?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/apr/18/clinton.usa|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=April 18, 1999|access-date=February 14, 2020}}</ref> In his memoir, ''[[Hitch-22]]'', Hitchens bitterly noted that Miller, despite his prominence as a left-wing intellectual, had failed to support author [[Salman Rushdie]] during the Iranian [[fatwa]] involving ''[[The Satanic Verses]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Hitchens|first=Christopher|title=Christopher Hitchens on the cultural fatwa|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2009/02/hitchens200902|access-date=September 30, 2020|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=January 5, 2009|language=en-us}}</ref>