I was assigned a role in this play for school. This study book gave me all the background I needed to play the character better. My teacher (who is director of the play at school) had all the class read the description of the plot. It helped me know what to do on stage.

Miller's version of Ibsen's famous play sets it in language and circumstances that one can connect with better than the original - which was full of allusions to things and times which are arcane - but the original's power still remains and is enhanced by Miller. The theme comes up in the newspaper every month - a community threatened by pollution, a media crusading against power - until the power threatens to pull the plug on the media - "science" being portrayed as both the question and the answer - and friends, family and enemies in couplings and cabals to work against each other "for the common good". Read it with friends and see what it does to friendships.

This book has all the well known plays : All my sons Death of a salesman View from a bridge The Crucible

Each one of the plays has a plot which is totally different from others and each one of the plays have ingenuity. His plays deal with different emotions of people who feel they are right in their own way.

I have both read and performed this play and it is one of the greats. The realism in it scary. If you are doing research on the holocost READ THIS.

This book was spellbinding and yet, utterly heart wrenching for me. I found Michael D. Miller's efforts in regressing 102 people back to the time of Camelot a compelling force as though he had written for me to read. Having stumbled upon the title of this book while on the internet I felt compelled to purchase it. (As a side note, I want to confide to all readers of this review that I checked all my local bookstores and libraries and could only locate this book through Amazon.com) What makes this story seem so "realistic" and "full of truth" is that the authors background seems doubtful that he would make something like this up. But beyond all that is the fact, that I, having gone through my own past-life regression can attest that all of his regressions with these people "ring true" within my experience. Sure, my doubtful and skeptical side wondered out loud how he manages to gather 102 people who all seem to have a connection to Camelot but as I began to think these thoughts the very next chapter answered my questions. Maybe Merlin was collaberating with the author on the writting of this book but it was a magical experience to read and "re-live" these experiences from an era of when time was enchanted and the dream of a perfect existence was realized. A time when love was pure.

Mark Twain is the quintesential American curmudgeon. His style formed an era and no one could ever reproduce him although many have tried. Read the book and meet the Man. I laughed out loud and at times was gripped with the wringing unrelenting pathos of this great master. I had to laugh at myself a time or two...

I am a programmer in the MUMPS language. I used this book for my on the job training. The book is set up for any level of skill, easy to read and understand. Every chapter is arranged in teaching modules to assist the learner in mastery. There are lots of examples and exercises with answers for self pace learning. Well worth getting.

This collection of a series of interviews will give anyone interested in Miller's plays insight into his themes and thought processes, and how his personal life has impacted on his writing. The conversations are engaging and thought-provoking.

Dispite a somewhat weak begining, this play reaches a distinct point at which it teeters on the line seperating genius and garbage. In the end, it is a work of genius, it's main attraction being a very unconventional (but entirely convincing) view of Lucifer as he seeks to "corrupt" Yaweh's precious human creations. A brilliant and at times graphic work of role-reversal in which Lucifer becomes a tragic hero.

James Martine clarifys the important points that need to be conveyed to the high school student. He will also bring clarity to the teacher struggling for the best way into the play. Particularly useful are ideas about John Proctor as a tragic hero. Twayne publishes consistently solid criticism for the high school teacher and serious student.