Death of a Salesman
Certain Private Conversations in Two Acts and a Requiem
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- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
30 June 2000
Summary
Arthur Miller’s extraordinary masterpiece, Death of a Salesman, changed the course of modern theatre and has lost none of its power as an examination of American life.
In the spring of 1948, Arthur Miller retreated to a log cabin in Connecticut with the first two lines of a new play already fixed in his mind. He emerged six weeks later with the final script of Death of a Salesman – a painful examination of American life and consumerism. Opening on Broadway the following year, Miller’s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141182742 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141182741 |
| Author: | Arthur Miller |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 30 June 2000 |
| Weight: | 102g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 129mm x 7mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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Critics Review
“By common consent, this is one of the finest dramas in the whole range of the American theater.” Brooks Atkinson, “The New York Times” “So simple, central, and terrible that the run of playwrights would neither care nor dare to attempt it.” “Time””
About The Author
Arthur Miller
American dramatist Arthur Miller was born in New York City in 1915. In 1938 Miller won awards for his comedy The Grass Still Grows. His major achievement was Death of a Salesman, which won the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for drama and the 1949 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award. The Crucible was aimed at the widespread congressional investigation of subversive activities in the US; the drama won the 1953 Tony Award. Miller’s autobiography, Timebends- A Life was published in 1987.
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