Editing Jonathan Miller (section)

===1960s: ''Beyond the Fringe''===
[[File:Beyond the Fringe original cast.JPG|thumb|Miller (far right) in ''[[Beyond the Fringe]]'' on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]], with (from left) [[Dudley Moore]], [[Alan Bennett]] and [[Peter Cook]]]]
Miller helped to write and produce the satirical  [[revue]] ''[[Beyond the Fringe]]'', which premiered at the [[Edinburgh Festival]] in August 1960. This launched, in addition to his own, the careers of [[Alan Bennett]], [[Peter Cook]] and [[Dudley Moore]]. Miller quit the show shortly after its move from London to [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]] in 1962, and took over as editor and presenter of the [[BBC]]'s arts programme ''[[Monitor (arts programme)|Monitor]]'' in 1965. The ''Monitor'' appointment arose because Miller had approached [[Huw Wheldon]] about taking up a place on the BBC's director training course. Wheldon assured him that he would "pick it up as he went along".{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}}

Miller's first experience of directing a stage play was for [[John Osborne]], whose ''[[Under Plain Cover]]'' he directed in 1962.<ref>Heilpern, John, ''John Osborne: A Patriot for Us'', 2007, Random House, pp.287.</ref> In 1964, he directed the play ''[[The Old Glory]]'' by the American poet [[Robert Lowell]] in New York City. It was the first play produced at the [[American Place Theatre]] and starred [[Frank Langella]], [[Roscoe Lee Brown]], and [[Lester Rawlins]]. The play won five [[Obie Awards]] in 1965 including an award for "Best American Play" as well as awards for Langella, Brown and Rawlins.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/154799-Robert-Lowells-Benito-Cereno-Begins-Off-Broadway-at-the-Flea-Sept-22|title=Robert Lowell's Benito Cereno Begins Off-Broadway at the Flea Sept. 22|work=Playbill}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://us.macmillan.com/theoldglory/RobertLowell|title=The Old Glory|author=Macmillan|work=Macmillan}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/obies/index/1965/|title=New York News, Food, Culture and Events |work=The Village Voice}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanplacetheatre.org/history/brief|title=History in Brief // The American Place Theatre|publisher=americanplacetheatre.org|access-date=17 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817001323/http://www.americanplacetheatre.org/history/brief|archive-date=17 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He wrote, produced, and directed an adaptation for television of ''[[Alice in Wonderland (1966 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' (1966) for the BBC. He followed this with ''[[Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968 film)|Whistle and I'll Come to You]]'' (1968) starring [[Michael Hordern]], a television adaptation of [[M. R. James]]'s 1904 ghost story [['Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'|'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad']]. He produced a [[National Theatre Company]] production of ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' starring [[Laurence Olivier]]. He later resigned as associate director.