No American playwright is more revered on the international stage than Arthur Miller. In Arthur Miller's Global Theater —a fascinating collection of new essays by leading international critics and scholars—readers learn how and why audiences around the world have responded to the work of the late theatrical icon. With perspectives from diverse corners of the globe, from Israel to Japan to South Africa, this groundbreaking volume explores the challenges of translating one of the most American of American playwrights and details how disparate nations have adapted meaning in Miller's most celebrated dramas. An original and engaging collection that will appeal to theater aficionados, scholars, students, and all those interested in Miller and his remarkable oeuvre, Arthur Miller's Global Theater illustrates how dramas such as Death of a Salesman, The Crucible , and A View from the Bridge developed a vigorous dialogue with new audiences when they crossed linguistic and national borders. In these times when problems of censorship, repressive regimes, and international discord are increasingly in the news, Arthur Miller's voice has never been more necessary as it continues to be heard and celebrated around the world. Enoch Brater is the Kenneth T. Rowe Collegiate Professor of Dramatic Literature at the University of Michigan. His other books include Arthur Miller: A Playwright's Life and Works and Arthur Miller's America . Introduction: Cross-cultural encounters : Arthur Miller and the international theater community / Enoch Brater Perspectives. Arthur Miller's Israel and Israel's Arthur Miller / Linda Ben-Zvi Traveling man, traveling culture : Death of a salesman and post-Mao Chinese theater / Belinda Kong Directing Miller in Italy / Mariagabriella Cambiaghi Guilty secrets and cultural blind spots : Miller's plays in South Africa / Robert Gordon Not all one song : Arthur Miller in the German theater / Michael Raab A Dominican view : an interview with Darryl V. Jones / Enoch Brater Retrospectives. Arthur Miller's dialogue with Ireland / Matthew Martin Miller, Mingei, and Japan / John T. Dorsey The reception of Miller's theater in Spain / Antonio R. Celada Arthur Miller in Buenos Aires / Laura Cerrato Miller in Scandinavia : focus on Denmark / Kirsten Herold The crucible : three British encounters / Louis Marks "How an American playwright is performed on stages around the world."--Jacket
