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Tony Kushner—Staging Arthur Miller
5/5 Playwright Tony Kushner reflects on the importance of Arthur Miller in US theatre.
David Thacker—Staging Arthur Miller
4/5 David Thacker discusses his close friendship and working relationship with Arthur Miller.
Ron Hutchinson—Staging Arthur Miller
3/5 Screenwriter Ron Hutchinson on working with Arthur Miller's drafts and handwritten notes.
Margot Leicester—Staging Arthur Miller
2/5 Actress Margot Leicester on her experiences working in the rehearsal room with Miller.
Richard Eyre—Staging Arthur Miller
1/5 Richard Eyre on conversations with Arthur Miller and directing The Crucible on Broadway.
Episode 5—Bliss Was It in That Dawn
5/5 Michael Goldfarb recalls the politics of 1960s America.
Episode 4—Bliss Was It in That Dawn
4/5 The books and films that inspired a generation of American rebels of the late 1960s.
Episode 3—Bliss Was It in That Dawn
3/5 Michael Goldfarb recalls growing up in 1950s and 60s America, in an era of full employment
Episode 2—Bliss Was It in That Dawn
2/5 Michael Goldfarb discusses the migration in the 1950s of many Americans to the suburbs.
Episode 1—Bliss Was It in That Dawn
1/5 Michael Goldfarb recalls being a child in 1950s New York.