Frequently cited as one of the central works of twentieth-century American drama, Death of a Salesman remains Miller's best known work. Hoffman's interest in collecting first editions led to his career as an antiquarian book dealer.Īmerican dramatist, writer, and essayist Arthur Miller (1915-2005) is considered a pioneer of expressionistic realism in post-Worldĭuring the late 1940s and early 1950s, Miller's stage plays began receiving a number of awards, including the Drama Critics'Ĭircle Awards, 1947, for All My Sons, and 1949, for Death of a Salesman Tony Awards, 1947, for All My Sons, 1949, for Death of a Salesman, and 1953, for The Crucible Donaldson Awards, 1947, for All My Sons, 1949, for Death of a Salesman, and 1953, for The Crucible Pulitzer Prize for drama, 1949, for Death of a Salesman. He also began to seriously collect rare books andįirst editions of contemporary American dramatists, notably the playwrights Eugene O'Neill, Arthur Miller, and Neil Simon. This period he was awarded a Eugene O'Neill fellowship for playwriting. Led to an assignment to create a television program titled "Your Army in View," which consisted of interviews and live drama.Īfter his discharge from the service in 1955, Hoffman taught in the drama department of The City University of New York.
Hoffman has said that he entered the United States Army in the 1950s as an actor and left as a writer. Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standardīiographical and Historical Notes Richard Hoffmanīrooklyn-based theater collector and book dealer Richard Hoffman built a number of literary collections around American playwrights Processed by Gerald Cloud, February 2004. Gift of Richard Hoffman and purchase, December 2002 - January 2003.
Screenplays, photographs, correspondence, financial documents, posters, flyers, periodicals, journals, theater programs, newsĬlippings, and ephemera related to the American playwright and author Arthur Miller. The Richard Hoffman - Arthur Miller Collection spans the dates between 19 and comprises 2.3 linear feet of playscripts,