--- title: Arthur Miller Centennial: See His Greatest Plays in Photos description: A look at some of the greatest plays by Arthur Miller—who was born on Oct. 17, 1915—from "Death of a Salesman" to "View From the Bridge." canonical: https://time.com/4064753/arthur-miller-plays/ author: Eliza Berman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-16T00:30:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:01:20.116Z og:title: See Photos of Arthur Miller's Greatest Plays og:description: From "Death of a Salesman" to "View From the Bridge" og:url: https://time.com/4064753/arthur-miller-plays/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteaf36d4a9eb953cb/698867358e06010aa3462bd7/151007-arthur-miller-plays-07.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Arthur Miller - The Crucible og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Photos of Arthur Miller's Greatest Plays twitter:description: From "Death of a Salesman" to "View From the Bridge" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteaf36d4a9eb953cb/698867358e06010aa3462bd7/151007-arthur-miller-plays-07.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See Photos of Arthur Miller's Greatest Plays  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Oct 16, 2015 12:30 AM CUT  A scene from "The Crucible," 1953. A scene from "The Crucible," 1953.Gjon Mili—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Oct 16, 2015 12:30 AM CUT Throughout his nearly 70-year career as a playwright and essayist, Arthur Miller—who was born 100 years ago Saturday, on Oct. 17, 1915—was as prolific as he was esteemed, writing dozens of plays and screenplays and garnering in return a Pulitzer, a healthy slew of Tony Awardss and a potpourri of mantle-worthy accolades. But his most famous works, and the plays to which LIFE magazine dispatched several of its most renowned photographers, were the ones that debuted between the late 1940s and mid-1950s. If you were to scour lists of Miller’s greatest hits, four plays would surface as the most repeated: _All My Sons_ (1947), _Death of a Salesman_ (1949), _The Crucible_ (1953) and _A View From the Bridge_ (1955). Though Miller would go on to write dozens more over the next half-century, these four plays not only yielded the playwright the most attention—some of it [unwanted](https://www2.bc.edu/~reesdo/Miller%5Ftestimony.pdf "undefined")—but also encapsulate many of the thematic threads Miller wove into his oeuvre: disillusionment and the American dream, McCarthy-era paranoia, familial connections and morality. Perhaps the greatest indication that an artist’s work has lasting meaning is its ability to be reinterpreted and recontextualized, its themes applied in new ways decades after its debut. As Miller’s centennial is celebrated in New York City this weekend, contemporary playwrights prove that his work not only outlives its creator but transcends the bounds of both nation and language: _A View From the Bridge_ will be staged in a [Syrian-Muslim interpretation](http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Arthur-Miller-Society-to-Host-Syrian-Muslim-Interpretation-of-A-VIEW-FROM-THE-BRIDGE-20151013 "undefined") and _Death of a Salesman_ will be performed entirely in [Yiddish](http://www.playbill.com/news/article/all-yiddish-death-of-a-salesman-marks-arthur-miller-centennial-starting-tonight-366148 "undefined"). _Liz Ronk, who edited this gallery, is the Photo Editor for LIFE.com. Follow her on Twitter_ [_@lizabethronk_](https://twitter.com/LizabethRonk "undefined")_._  Arthur Miller on the set of the play "All My Sons," 1947. Eileen Darby—The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images  A scene from "All My Sons," 1947. Eileen Darby—The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images  A scene from "All My Sons," 1947. Eileen Darby—The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images  A scene from "Death of a Salesman," 1949. W. Eugene Smith—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  A scene from "Death of a Salesman," 1949. W. Eugene Smith—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  A scene from "Death of a Salesman," 1949. W. Eugene Smith—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  A scene from "The Crucible," 1953. Gjon Mili—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  A scene from "The Crucible," 1953. Gjon Mili—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  A scene from "The Crucible," 1953. Gjon Mili—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  A scene from "A View From The Bridge," 1955. Gordon Parks—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  A scene from "A View From The Bridge," 1955. Gordon Parks—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  A scene from "A View From The Bridge," 1955. 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