Death of a Salesman
An ageing salesman, his two sons and the American dream of success, in Miller's great tragedy.
Arthur Miller’s 1949 play about Willy Loman, an ageing travelling salesman in New York who is losing his job and his grip on reality. As he looks back on his life and on his sons, Biff and Happy, he confronts the gap between the American dream of success and what he has achieved. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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Tim Lott
Death of a Salesman is more about the relationship between fathers and sons than brothers, but the motif of maimed brother relationships runs in all directions. Just as Willy idealised Ben, Happy clearly thinks more of Biff than he ought to. We are taken into a world where brothers project their fantasies onto one another – a course that can only end badly.
Interview · March 2012
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