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Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller cover of first edition (1949)
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Playwright Arthur Miller with his wife, the actress Marilyn Monroe
Playwright Arthur Miller with his wife, the actress Marilyn Monroe. Perhaps you’ve heard of her. Source: SFGate.com, from the 2005 obituary for Miller
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“Before us is the Salesman’s house
“Before us is the Salesman’s house. We are aware of towering, angular shapes behind it, surrounding it on all sides.” – from Miller’s stage directions An original 1949 Broadway set design by Jo Mielziner [Source: Wake Forest Univ. website]
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1998 at Goodman Theater, Chicago: Brian Dennehy as Willy Loman, with Kevin Anderson (Biff) and Ted Koch (Happy) Source: movi .online.co.uk
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The same actors brought the show to Broadway in 1999.
Source: Sara Krulwich photo, as seen in nytimes.com
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Nontraditional casting at Oberlin College, 1998 (dir
Nontraditional casting at Oberlin College, 1998 (dir. Justin Emeka): Avery Brooks as Willy Loman, Petronia Paley as Linda Loman Source: movi .online.co.uk
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Dustin Hoffman as Willy and John Malkovich as Biff in the photo that became the 1985 movie poster.
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“As more light appears, we see a solid vault of apartment houses around the small, fragile-seeming home. An air of dream clings to the place, a dream rising out of reality.” – from Miller’s stage directions An even earlier version of the Mielziner set design [Source: Wake Forest Univ. website]
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A scene from the original Broadway production, directed by Elia Kazan
A scene from the original Broadway production, directed by Elia Kazan. From left to right: Cameron Mitchell as Happy, Lee J. Cobb as Willy, Thomas Chalmers as Ben, and Arthur Kennedy as Biff Source: 2003 Playbill.com article on the death of Kazan
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From the 1985 film version, starring Dustin Hoffman as Willy and Charles Durning as Charley
Source: movi .online.co.uk
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TV version that brought back Cobb as Willy, with George Segal as Biff and James Farentino as Happy (1966) Source: Broadway Digital Archive
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From the 2009 version that ran at Yale Repertory Theater: Charles S
From the 2009 version that ran at Yale Repertory Theater: Charles S. Dutton as Willy Loman Photo: The New Yorker
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Artist Leonard Baskin’s etching of Willy Loman for a limited edition printing in 1984.
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Life magazine photo of an Act 2 scene from the original Broadway show, starring Lee J. Cobb as Willy Loman. Miller said he wrote the character with Cobb in mind. Source:
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Mildred Dunnock as Linda in the Requiem that ends the original Broadway production.
Source: Photo by Eugene W. Smith in Life Magazine, Feb. 1949
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