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After the Fall, a play in two acts by Arthur Miller, produced and published in 1964. The play presents retrospectively a series of encounters over a 25-year span between the protagonist, Quentin, a lawyer who is about 50 years old, and his intimate associates. His first wife, Louise, accuses him of failing to acknowledge her personhood. A friend from his days as a Communist Party member appears now as an informer before congressional investigators. Another former “fellow traveler” commits suicide before Quentin has the opportunity to defend him. The second act traces the downward course of Maggie, Quentin’s second wife, ...(100 of 148 words)

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