阿瑟·密勒是我国戏剧界着力介绍的美国现代戏剧家之一。进入八十年代后,他的两部优秀剧作——《萨勒姆的女巫》(The Crucible,又译《严峻的考验》)和《推销员之死》接连被搬上中国舞台。一九八三年五月,密勒亲自来华执导他的代表作,于是我国戏剧评论界掀起了一股“密勒热”。密勒在中国引起如此热烈的反响并非偶然。就题材而言,他继承了欧洲现代戏剧大师易卜生以及美国一批社会剧剧作家(如克利福德·奥德茨、莉莲·海尔曼等)的传统;就技巧而言,他充分运用了现代派戏剧的某些形式,使入物的内心活动(包括潜意识中的活动)活生生地展现在观众面前。密勒代表作的 Arthur Miller is one of the most influential American theater writers in the United States. After entering the ’80s, two of his excellent dramas, The Crucible and Death of a Salesman, were put on the Chinese stage one after another. In May 1983, Miller personally came to China to guide his masterpiece. As a result, there was a “Miller fever” in the theater critics in our country. Miller caused such a warm response in China is no accident. In terms of the subject matter, he inherited the tradition of Ibsen, the master of European modern drama, and the group of social theater writers in the United States (such as Clifford Odits, Lillian Hellman, etc.); in terms of skill, Utilizing some forms of modernist drama, the inner activities of objects, including subconscious activities, are vividly presented to the audience. Miller representative made