Arthur Miller, who has been called one of the greatest American dramatists of the 20th century, will speak on campus Wednesday, Nov. 18, as a guest of the Maynard Mack Lectureship.

Rather than give a formal talk, Miller will hold a "conversation" about his work. The Yale community is invited to attend the event, which will be held at 5 p.m. in the Yale University Art Gallery lecture hall, entrance on High Street. Admission is free.

During his career, which spans over half a century, Miller has written plays, scripts for film and television, radio pieces, novels, short stories and essays.

Miller's first Broadway success was "All My Sons," which won a New York Drama Critics Circle Award when it was first produced in 1947. This was followed two years later by "Death of a Salesman," for which the playwright won the Pulitzer Prize, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award and numerous other honors. Miller has also won two Emmy Awards, one Obie Award and three Tony Awards for his works, which also include "The Crucible," a play about the Salem witch trials; "A View from the Bridge," a drama about tragedy in an American family; and "Playing for Time," a film about the true-life experiences of an all-woman orchestra in a Nazi concentration camp.

Miller also won the John F. Kennedy Lifetime Achievement Award. Two of his works, "All My Sons" and "A View from the Bridge," were recently revived on Broadway, and the off-Broadway Signature Theatre devoted its 1997-98 season to productions of some of his lesser-known plays, as well as one new work. This fall, the Joseph Papp Public Theatre is staging the New York premiere of "The Ride Down Mount Morgan."

The Mack Lecture is named for the Shakespeare and Pope scholar Maynard Mack, who is Sterling Professor Emeritus of English and former chair of the department.