Death of a Salesman

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Death of a Salesman is a landmark American stage play that portrays the tragic downfall of aging salesman Willy Loman while critiquing the promises and failures of the American Dream.

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instanceOf American play
stage play
tragedy
author Arthur Miller
awarded Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Tony Award for Best Play
awardYear 1949
broadwayRunEnd 1950-11-18
broadwayRunStart 1949-02-10
countryOfOrigin United States
dramaticForm expressionist realism
firstPerformanceCity New York City
firstPerformanceDate 1949-02-10
firstPerformancePlace Morosco Theatre
firstPublisher Viking Press
linked to: The Viking Press
genre drama
tragedy
hasAdaptation Death of a Salesman (1951 film)
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Death of a Salesman (1966 television film)
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Death of a Salesman (1985 television film)
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various stage revivals
influencedBy Great Depression
post–World War II American society
isConsidered landmark of American theatre
isFrequentlyStudiedIn American literature courses
theatre studies courses
mainCharacter Ben Loman
Bernard
Biff Loman
Charley
Happy Loman
Linda Loman
The Woman
Willy Loman
notableTheme economic insecurity
generational conflict
illusion versus reality
numberOfBroadwayPerformances 742
originalLanguage English
protagonistOccupation traveling salesman
publicationYear 1949
settingLocation Brooklyn
New York City
structure two acts and a requiem
subject American Dream
capitalism
failure and disillusionment
family relationships
identity and self-worth
timePeriod late 1940s

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Death of a Salesman hasAdaptation Death of a Salesman (1985 television film)
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Death of a Salesman hasAdaptation Death of a Salesman (1966 television film)
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Arthur Miller notableWork Death of a Salesman
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Wendell Pierce notableWork Death of a Salesman
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Kermit Bloomgarden notableWork Death of a Salesman
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Brian Dennehy notableWork Death of a Salesman
Arthur Miller notableWork Death of a Salesman
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John Malkovich notableWork Death of a Salesman (stage performance)
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Morosco Theatre hostedProduction Death of a Salesman
Fredric March notableWork Death of a Salesman (1951 film)
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Frank Finlay notableWork Death of a Salesman (stage production)
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Incident at Vichy relatedWorkByAuthor Death of a Salesman
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Mildred Dunnock notableWork Death of a Salesman (1951 film)
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Mildred Dunnock notableWork Death of a Salesman (1966 television film)
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Brian Dennehy notableWork Death of a Salesman
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Volker Schlöndorff notableWork Death of a Salesman
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The Great Destroyer hasTrack Death of a Salesman