Death of a Salesman

Death of a Salesman (1949) is widely regarded as one of the twentieth century’s greatest plays. A poignant critique of the promises and pitfalls of capitalism and the American Dream, it follows the salesman Willy Loman, his increasingly tense relationships with his family and colleagues, and his tragic, hallucinatory descent into fantasy and madness. 

• Budding playwrights and theater enthusiasts
• People curious about the dangers of unbridled capitalism
• Anyone interested in modern drama

Arthur Miller was an American playwright who had an enormous influence on postwar drama through his plays Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, and A View from the Bridge. He was deeply critical of the cutthroat ambition and greedy consumerism which he saw developing in modern America, and at the height of Cold War paranoia was forced to testify before the US government’s anti-communist committee.