Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman Author: Arthur Miller
First Performance: 1949, New York
Published: 1949
Genre: Trag. in 2 acts and a ‘Requiem’
Setting: Lomans' house and yard in Brooklyn, and other locations in New York and Boston, mid-20th c.
Cast: 8m, 5f
Willy Loman is a travelling salesman in his early sixties, ‘tired to the death’ after a life of hard work. He tells his wife Linda how worried he is about their elder son Biff, 34 and unemployed. Biff is contrasted with his younger brother Happy, who has a steady job, his ‘own apartment, a car, and plenty of women’. But Happy is not content, and the two brothers dream briefly of working on a ranch ‘out West’. Willy drifts off into reminiscing about the past: we see Biff and Happy as young boys, and Willy boasting about his earnings, although Linda is...
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