Death of a Salesman

When Willy Loman, an ageing travelling salesman, returns home from a cancelled business trip, he is tired : tired of his son's apparent apathy, tired of his family's meagre existence, and tired of an American Dream that long ago failed him. Death of a Salesman is Miller's tragic masterpiece and considered one of the greatest plays of the twentieth century. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1949, the play remains a classic work of literature and drama that is studied and performed around the world.
This Methuen Drama Student Edition is edited by Claire Conceison, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, with commentary and notes that explore the play's production history (including excerpts from an interview with Chinese actor/translator Ying Ruocheng about working with Miller on the 1983 Beijing production) as well as the dramatic, thematic and academic debates that surround it.