The forgotten classic that launched the career of one of America’s greatest playwrights. Home; The Man Who Had All the Luck The Man Who Had All the Luck book. This paper analyzes and discusses Arthur Miller and his 1944 play, "The Man Who Had all the Luck". The Man Who Had All the Luck. Production: A Donmar Warehouse presentation of a play in two acts by Arthur Miller. "The Man Who Had All the Luck," Arthur Miller's first Broadway production, lasted a rather luckless four performances in 1944. About The Man Who Had All the Luck. The Man Who Had All the Luck. Directed by Sean Holmes. In particular, the paper addresses Miller's body of work and how he is considered the foremost practitioner of realism on the American stage. The forgotten classic that launched the career of one of America's greatest playwrightsIt took more than fifty years for The Man Who Had All the Luck to be appreciated for what it truly is: the first stirrings of a genius that would go on to blossom in such masterpieces as Death of a Salesman and The Crucible. The forgotten classic that launched the career of one ... Read 18 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Donmar Warehouse Theater, London; 250 seats; £26 $52 top. A Penguin Classic It took more than fifty years for The Man Who Had All the Luck to be appreciated for what it truly is: the first stirrings of a genius that would go on to blossom in such masterpieces as Death of a Salesman and The Crucible. Read 18 reviews from the world's largest community for readers.