The Arrangement

After having read the book, and the descriptions Elia Kazan makes of Gwen Hunt and Charles, I got the feeling that he was describing the personalities of Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller. If you read the biographies of Elia Kazan and Arthur Miller, it was Elia Kazan who introduced Marilyn Monroe to Arthur Miller. At that time Elia Kazan was having an affair with Marilyn Monroe. There seemed to have developed a ¨menage a trois¨ between Elia Kazan, Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller¨ as in the description where after Marilyn makes love to Elia Kazan, they both look at a photo of Arthur Miller on the night table and talk about him. It is not surprising now that Arthur Miller chose Elia Kazan as the director for his 1964 play AFTER THE FALL at Lincoln Center. Who else knew Marilyn better than Elia Kazan? They were both in love with her at the same time (early 195os). AFTER THE FALL is based on Marilyn Monroe. Did anyone else identify Gwen and Charles with Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller.