Death of a Salesman

When you think of Arthur Miller, you think of Marilyn Monroe and Death of a Salesman – two beautiful, tragic, quintessentially American stories. Both persist as a defining part of our national consciousness. Need we point out the irony that Salesman is about a poor schlub who dies forgotten and unappreciated by almost everyone in his life? But, as Linda Loman says about her unappreciated husband late in the play, attention must be paid. Miller’s message about capitalism and its discontents has never really lost its timeliness since winning the Pulitzer in 1949, and in these days when our president tells the elite they are his “base,” a story about the catastrophes of the middle class seems fresher than ever. Guthrie Artistic Director Joe Dowling brings Willy Loman and family to life again for a month-long run in Minnesota before taking the play to his homeland for the Dublin Theatre Festival.
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