On July 1, 1956, Arthur Miller married Marilyn Monroe. But the marriage of the Hollywood sex symbol and the intellectual playwright was a turbulent one. The only work of note Miller finished during this period was the screenplay for The Misfits which he had written as a vehicle for Monroe. About a month before the film's 1961 release, however, the couple divorced, and Monroe died of a drug overdose the following year. Although the marriage was a brief one, it left a deep impression on the playwright, and two of his plays (After the Fall and Finishing the Play) presumably depict his relationship with Monroe.