Death of a Salesman turns 75:
Magnum Photos feature “Celebrating Salesman at 75″
“Arthur Miller Explains Death of a Salesman” (The Atlantic, April 2024) In a newly discovered 1949 letter to a college student, the playwright describes his theory of tragedy.
Original production playbill, Morosco Theater premiere February 10, 1949
“Playing the Salesman” on BBC 4 (a replay from 2006). Christopher Bigsby hears from Dustin Hoffman, Warren Mitchell, and Brian Dennehy about playing Willy Loman, and from Arthur Miller (in a 2004 interview) about the character he created.
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Arthur Miller’s first essays on the play:
- “Tragedy and the Common Man” The New York Times, February 27, 1949
- “The ‘Salesman’ Has a Birthday” The New York Times (1950).
His memoir: ‘Salesman’ in Beijing (1983) – Read an extract.
Audio: “Arthur Miller discusses his work in China” Studs Terkel Radio Hour
Death of a Salesman 1985 film: available on a number of streaming platforms, including Kanopy, which offers free access with a US public library card or university login. Directed by Volker Schlöndorff, starring Dustin Hoffman, Kate Reid, John Malkovich, Stephen Lang and Charles Durning.
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Death of a Salesman at the Young Vic, 2019  |
Additional resources:
– Penguin Random House Reader’s Guide
– Kennedy Center: “Arthur Miller + Death of a Salesman”
– The Arthur Miller Society: “Salesman production overview”
– New York Theater Guide: “The History of Death of a Salesman on Broadway”
Arthur Miller's complete works
Plays
The Golden Years
The Man Who Had All the Luck
All My Sons
Death of a Salesman
An Enemy of the People
The Crucible
A View from the Bridge
After the Fall
A Memory of Two Mondays
Incident at Vichy
The Price
The Creation of the World and Other Business
The Archbishop’s Ceiling
The American Clock
Playing for Time
The Ride Down Mt. Morgan
Broken Glass
Mr. Peters’ Connections
Resurrection Blues
Finishing the Picture
One-Act Plays
A View from the Bridge (one-act version)
A Memory of Two Mondays
Fame / The Reason Why
Two Way Mirror:
– Elegy for a Lady
– Some Kind of Love Story
Danger: Memory!
– I Can’t Remember Anything
– Clara
The Last Yankee
Screenplays
The Misfits
Playing for Time
Everybody Wins
The Crucible
Autobiography
Timebends
Reportage
Situation Normal
In Russia [with Inge Morath]
In the Country [with Inge Morath]
Chinese Encounters [with Inge Morath]
Salesman in Beijing
Fiction
Focus (novel)
Jane’s Blanket (children’s story)
I Don’t Need You Any More (stories)
Homely Girl, A Life (novella and stories)
Presence: Stories
Collections
Arthur Miller’s Collected Plays, Volumes I and II
The Portable Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller: Collected Plays. Library of America (Tony Kushner, editor)
Essays
The Theater Essays of Arthur Miller (Robert Martin, editor)
Echoes Down the Corridor: Collected Essays 1944-2000 (Steven Centola, editor)
On Politics and the Art of Acting
Recent Editions
The Penguin Arthur Miller: Collected Plays with foreword by Lynn Nottage
Arthur Miller: Collected Essays with introduction by Susan Abbotson
The Collected Essays of Arthur Miller, edited by Matthew Roudané
The Classic Plays (with stage production stills)
The Collected Plays of Arthur Miller – Library of America, edited by Tony Kushner
‘Death of a Salesman’ in Beijing, with new introduction by Claire Conceison
Conversations with Miller: Centenary Edition, Mel Gussow / Read an extract of the book