Death+of+a+Salesman+by+Arthur+Miller

// ** Death of a Salesman ** // (1949), a play by Arthur Miller. Willy Loman is a salesman who has seen better days, or at least lets himself believe he was once more appreciated by his employers. His life has been devoted to his work, his wife, Linda, and his sons, Happy and Biff. His boys are the apple of his eye, so he cannot see that they will probably never amount to much. John Mason Brown noted the “play is the most poignant statement of man as he must face himself to have come out of our theatre,” but added, “Mr. Miller's play is a tragedy modern and personal, not classic and heroic. Its central figure is a little man sentenced to discover his smallness rather than a big man undone by his greatness.” The oft‐revived drama has seen some outstanding Willy Lomans, including a New York version with Dustin Hoffman in 1984.