How family commitments can be a distraction from life’s goal
Al-Risala (English), January 1985, p. 21
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is named as the default author of the periodical; a piece that carries another writer’s byline is credited to that writer.
How family commitments can be a distraction from life’s goal
1985 1 January 21 How family commitments can be a distraction from life’s goal (129) Arthur Miller is one of the greatest, and most prolific, of post-war American playwrights. Since his first play ‘All My Sons’ came out in 1947, he has consistently been writing and producing highly successful plays. His magnum opus ‘Death of a Salesman’ is a set-study in schools and universities throughout the world, a rare privilege for a playwright in his own lifetime. In 1956, he married the film star Marilyn Monroe and became world-famous overnight. Their marriage was hailed as a perfect match – a “meeting of brains and beauty.” For the five years that he was married to her he did not write a single play. “It was all I could do to take care of her,” he once explained.
Arthur Miller interviewed by David Richards, The Washington Post
