Death of a Salesman (Penguin Plays)

Synopsis

The Powerful Drama Of Willy Loman & His Tragic End. Ever Since It Was First Performed In 1949, Death Of A Salesman Has Been Recognized As A Milestone Of The American Theater. In The Person Of Willy Loman, The Aging, Failing Salesman Who Makes His Living Riding On A Smile And A Shoeshine, Arthur Miller Redefined The Tragic Hero As A Man Whose Dreams Are At Once Insupportably Vast And Dangerously Insubstantial. He Has Given Us A Figure Whose Name Has Become A Symbol For A Kind Of Majestic Grandiosity-and A Play That Compresses Epic Extremes Of Humor And Anguish, Promise And Loss, Between The Four Walls Of An American Living Room. By Arthur Miller.