Newsletter
ARTHUR MILLER SOCIETY NEWSLETTER Archive
The Arthur Miller Society Newsletter ran from June 1999 to December 2005, and published 12 issues (the first two were annual issues, the remainder were biannual). The founding Editor, Jane Dominik, created the initial design, pioneering an author society “newsletter” that, from the start, offered far more than the usual fare of dates, notices and announcements. In 2003, Sue Abbotson took over duties as Editor. The newsletter also included reviews, short articles, notes and queries, conference abstracts, and teaching notes.
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In 2006 the society made the natural leap from this increasingly hefty newsletter to a refereed journal format, the Arthur Miller Journal, administered through a generous grant from St. Francis College, Brooklyn. Today the Journal is printed by Penn State and continues to be published on a biannual basis.
The table below will take you to pdfs of each issue of the Arthur Miller Newsletter in its entirety. If you scroll further down this page, for your convenience and quick reference, we have indices listing the content for all twelve volumes.
The Newsletters:
The Arthur Miller Society Newsletter Volume 1, 1999 (pgs. 1-24)
The Arthur Miller Society Newsletter Volume 2, 2000 (pgs. 1-20)
The Arthur Miller Society Newsletter Volume 3, 2001 (pgs. 1-16)
The Arthur Miller Society Newsletter Volume 4, 2001 (pgs. 1-12)
The Arthur Miller Society Newsletter Volume 5, 2002 (pgs. 1-32)
The Arthur Miller Society Newsletter Volume 6, 2002 (pgs. 1-12)
The Arthur Miller Society Newsletter Volume 7, 2003 (pgs. 1-16)
The Arthur Miller Society Newsletter Volume 8, 2003 (pgs. 1-16)
The Arthur Miller Society Newsletter Volume 9, 2004 (pgs. 1-20)
The Arthur Miller Society Newsletter Volume 10, 2004 (pgs. 1-20)
The Arthur Miller Society Newsletter Volume 11, 2005 (pgs. 1-20)
The Arthur Miller Society Newsletter Volume 12, 2005 (pgs. 1-20)
We also have much of the material from these issues archived under the section headings below to allow for a more focused search. They are divided between: Abstracts, Reviews (books and performance), Notes and Queries, and Teaching Notes–click on each heading to see articles that fall into that category. Not all of the newsletter material is included, so if there is something you do not see here, then check the full pdfs above.
CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS
REVIEWS
NOTES AND QUERIES
TEACHING NOTES
The Indices:
Contents of Vol.1 (June 1999):
Welcome from the first president, Steven Centola, who founded the society.
Lists of society meetings and conferences 1992-99.
Lists of ALA conference participation 1996-99
Report on the 1999 Miller and the Holocaust Conf.
Report on the 1995 80th Birthday celebrations held in England by Paula Langteau
Reprint of manuscript pages from Miller’s The Ride Down Mt. Morgan
Report on “Arthur Miller: An Afternoon–Monday Special Event,” at Williamstown, 1996 by Susan C. W. Abbotson
Review of the 1996 Williamstown production of The Ride Down Mt. Morgan by Herbert Goldstein
Report on Miller speaking at Queens College, NY, 1996 by Stephen Marino
Impressions of the 1998 Miller season in New York City (including the Signature Theater productions) by Stephen Marino and Jane Dominik
Book Reviews on Roudané’s Approaches to Teaching Miller’s Death of a Salesman (1995), Murphy’s Miller: Death of a Salesman (1995), Martine’s The Crucible: Politics, Property and Pretense (1993) by Lisa Turnbull, Jane Dominik, and Thomas E. Porter (respectively).
Film Review of The Crucible (1996) by George Castellitto
Notes on Contributors
List of current membership.
Contents of Vol.2 (December 2000):
A Note from the Society’s President, Susan C. W. Abbotson
Reports on Miller’s 85th birthday celebrations in England, New York and Michigan by Jane K. Dominik, Stephen Marino,and Christopher Bigsby.
ALA call for papers.
Website report.
Reports on the Crucible CD ROM and the UEA Arthur Miller Center by Jane K. Dominik
Report on Miller’s appearance at Queen’s College with Joyce Carol Oates and E. L. Doctorow by Stephen Marino
Review of the 1999 Williamstown production of The Price by Susan C. W. Abbotson
Reviews of the 1999-2000 Broadway productions of The Price and The Ride Down Mt. Morgan by Stephen Marino
Review of Mr Peter’s Connection in London, 1998 by Jane K. Dominik
Report on Miller’s entry into the Jewish Hall of Fame
Report on a 2000 production of The Man Who Had All the Luck by Jane K. Dominik
Book Reviews on Miller’s Homely Girl, a Life and Other Stories, Griffin’s Understanding Arthur Miller, Goldstein’s special issue of Michigan Quarterly Review on Miller, Marino’s “The Salesman Has a Birthday”: Essays Celebrating the Fiftieth Anniversary of Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman,” and Abbotson’s Student Companion to Arthur Miller by Robert Shulman, Susan C. W. Abbotson, Frank Bergmann, Lisa Turnbull, and Stephen Marino (respectively).
Notes on Contributors
List of current membership.
Contents of Vol.3 (May 2001):
Words from the Society’s President, Susan C. W. Abbotson
Listing of papers given at ALA 2001 on behalf of the society
Calls for papers for 2001 and 2002 Arthur Miller Society conferences
Brief notes on a new Miller production and recent appearances.
Report on Miller’s March, 2001 Jefferson Lecture at the Kennedy Center by Heather Cook Callow
Review of Echoes Down the Corridor by Ana Lúcia Moura Novais
Review of Timebends in Audio Book form by Harry Harder
Review of the Opera version of A View From the Bridge by Paul and June Schleuter
Review of the Muhlenberg production of The Crucible by Paul Schlueter
Report on High School Students’ reactions to A View From the Bridge by Mike Kaufhold
Book Reviews on Koorey’s Arthur Miller’s Life and Literature, Martin and Centola’s revised The Theater Essays of Arthur Miller, Siebold’s Readings on Arthur Miller and Readings on Death of a Salesman by Peter Hays, Frank Bergmann, Harry Harder and Carlos Campo (respectively).
Notes on Contributors
List of current membership.
Contents of Vol.4 (October 2001):
Words from the Society’s President, Susan C. W. Abbotson
Listing of papers given at Sixth Arthur Miller Conference
Calls for papers for 2002 Arthur Miller Society conference
Brief notes on recent Miller award, video availability, and production information
Report on the new Focus film by Joseph Kane
Review of The Man Who Had All the Luck by June Schleuter
Review of UK production of Broken Glass by Jeanette Senior
Book Reviews of the updated Christopher Bigsby’s Modern American Drama, Gerald Weales’s Death of a Salesman: Text and Criticism and The Crucible: Text and Criticism, the updated The Portable Arthur Miller and Steven Centola’s The Achievement of Arthur Miller, by George Castellitto, Peter Hays, Ana Lucia Novais, Robert Combs, and Elsie Galbreath Haley (respectively)
Notes on Contributors
List of current membership
Contents of Vol.5 (May 2002):
Tribute to Ingeborg Morath by Christopher Bigsby
Words from the Society’s President, Susan C. W. Abbotson
Brief notes on Officer vacancies, recent awards, new productions in New York, and a thank you to the staff at San Joaquin Delta College
Business Meeting minutes from the Sixth Arthur Miller Conference
Business Meeting minutes from the Seventh Arthur Miller Conference
Paper abstracts from the Sixth Arthur Miller Conf.
Paper abstracts from the Seventh Arthur Miller Conf.
Opinion piece on responses to Miller’s Jefferson Lecture by Lew Livesay
Reviews of The Crucible on Broadway by Steve Marino and Peter Hays
Review of San Joaquin Delta College production of After the Fall by Karen Wilson
Comparison of available VHS versions of Death of a Salesman by Allan Chavkin
Book Reviews of Miller’s On Politics and Acting, (two on) Bigsby’s Cambridge Companion to Arthur Miller, Bloom’s Major Dramatists: Arthur Miller, Johnson’s Understanding The Crucible, Bloom’s Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, and Bloom’s Willy Loman, by Jeffrey A. Barber, Robert Combs and Carlos Campo, Ana Lucia Moura Novais, Michelle Cirulli, Heather Cook Callow, and Jeffrey A. Barber (respectively)
Notes on Contributors
List of current membership
Contents of Vol.6 (December 2002):
A Note from the Society’s President, Stephen Marino
Farewell from the Editor
Announcement of 8th International Arthur Miller Conference–for October 2003.
Notes from New York: including review of Queensborough CC’s A View from the Bridge by Stephen Marino
Review of Resurrection Blues by Paula Langteau.
Book Reviews on Marino’s A Language Study of Arthur Miller’s Plays: The Poetic and the Colloquial, Brenda Murphy and Susan C. W. Abbotson’s Understanding Death of a Salesman, Otten’s The Temptation of Innocence, Christopher Smith’s editing of Readings on All my Sons and Roudané’s American Drama since 1960: A Critical History by Brenda Murphy, Carlos Campo, Stephen Marino, Robert Combs and Robert Combs (respectively).
Notes on Contributors
List of current membership.
Contents of Vol.7 (June 2003):
Words from the Society’s President, Stephen Marino
Listing of society activity at ALA 2003, with abstracts of given papers
List of current officers
Calls for papers for 2003 8th Arthur Miller Society conference
Notes on Howard Blue’s Radio Drama book and Resurrection Blues
“Notes from New York” by Stephen Marino
Note on CT production of All My Sons
Report on production of Creation of the World and Other Business being banned by Susan C. W. Abbotson
Review of the Metropolitan Opera House version of A View From the Bridge by Stephen Marino
Review of the Syracuse Stage production of The Crucible by Frank Bergmann
“Notes and Queries” from Ashis Sengupta and Susan C. W. Abbotson
Review of Marino’s Dictionary of Literary Biography entry on Miller by Carlos Campo
Minutes of 2003 AMS meeting in Boston from George Castellitto
Notes on Contributors
List of current membership
Contents of Vol.8 (December 2003):
Words from the Society’s President, Steve Marino
List of current officers
Abstracts of papers given at Eighth Arthur Miller Conference
Calls for papers for 2004 Arthur Miller Society conference, ALA 2004 in San Francisco, and 2nd International Conference on American Theater and Drama
Review of the Nicolet Players production of The Last Yankee by George Castellitto
Book Review of the new Martin Gottfried biography, Arthur Miller–His Life and Work, by William Smith.
“Notes from New York” by Steve Marino
“Notes and Queries” from Christopher Bigbsy, Peter Hays, and Stephen Centola
Minutes of the 2003 AMS meeting in Rhinelander, WI, by George Castellitto
Notes on Contributors
List of current membership
Contents of Vol.9 (June 2004):
Words from the Society’s President, Steve Marino
List of current officers
Abstracts of papers given at Ninth Arthur Miller Conference
Conference photographs of Miller in attendance
Calls for papers for 2005 Arthur Miller Society conference, ALA 2005 in Boston, and the Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies
Listing of society activity at ALA 2004, with abstracts of given papers
Review of The Reason Why and interview with Eli Wallach by Joseph Kane
“Notes and Queries” from the Country Bookshop, Aysha Viswamohan, Ashis Sengupta and others
New Archival Report on the holdings of the Museum of Television and Radio
Review of the Highgate, London production of Broken Glass by Francis Beckett
Book Reviews on Glassman’s Arthur Miller Genius! The Artist and the Process, and Bryer and Hartig’s Life The Facts on File Companion to American Drama by Susan Abbotson
Notes on Contributors
List of current membership
Contents of Vol.10 (Dec 2004):
Words from the Society’s President, Lew Livesay
List of current officers
Note from the Editor, Sue Abbotson
“Notes and Queries” on Pen imagery in Death of a Salesman
Review of the Goodman Theater, Chicago production of Finishing the Picture by Paula Langteau
Calls for papers for 2005 Arthur Miller Society conference, and ALA 2005 in Boston
Review of the Goodman Theater, Chicago production of Finishing the Picture by Kate Egerton
Review of the Gate, Dublin production of The Price by Lew Livesay
Review of the Broadway revival of After the Fall by Stephen Marino
Review of the Broadway revival of After the Fall by Stefani Koorey
Gardening Imagery in Death of a Salesman by Carlos Campo
Notes on Contributors
List of current membership
Contents of Vol.11 (June 2005):
Arthur Miller: In memoriam
List of current officers
Editor’s Note, by Sue Abbotson
Millr’s Legacy–book collage
Reports on the Memorial service by Sue Abbotson and Will Smith
Notes and Queries
Miller’s Brooklyn by Stephen Marino
Report on Arthur Miller Journal
Review of Bigsby’s Arthur Miller: A Critical Study by June Schleuter
Arthur Miller Day
ALA 2005 abstracts
Call for Papers
Notes on Contributors
List of current membership
Contents of Vol.12 (December 2005):
Remembering Our Mentor from the Society’s President, Lew Livesay
List of current officers
Notes from the Editor
Report on the 10th Conference
Abstracts of papers given at Tenth Arthur Miller Conference
Notes and Queries
Book Review of Arthur Miller’s America by Susan C. W. Abbotson
Report on the Arthur Miller Journal
Report on Resurrection Blues
Report on “Mont Sant’ Angelo”
Notes on Contributors
List of current membership