The picture above is from the original 1949 performance of Death of a Salesman. Lee J. Cobb was Willy, Arthur Kennedy was Biff, and Cameron Mitchell played Happy. Cobb later appeared in CBS' 1966 movie for television.
See this link for a picture from that later production:
The 1985 Death of a Salesman is harder to find, so I will send you a few other versions, starting with a 1951 version that Arthur Miller did *not* approve of!
Avery Brooks starred in a 2008 production at Oberlin College. (He and the director Justin Emeka are both Oberlin alums.)
Starting with this YouTube, Brooks and Emeka discuss the production:
In 2009, Charles S. Dutton played Willy in Yale Rep's version:
Brian Dennehy played Willy in 2000. This TV movie appeared on Showtime, another of our premium channels:
These pictures are from a 2005 production, also starring Dennehy. This production was staged at London's Lyric Theater. I think that my sister-in-law may have seen either this version or an earlier one at the Goodman Theater in Chicago.
David Mamet argues that Death of a Salesman is a Jewish play:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2005/may/07/theatre.davidmamet
David Mamet argues that Death of a Salesman is a Jewish play:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2005/may/07/theatre.davidmamet
This version from 1996 is British and appeared on the BBC:
DC's own Arena Stage also had a version of Death of a Salesman as part of an Arthur Miller festival in 2008:
The Ensemble Theater's 2008 version is here. (This company is Australian.)
I'll close with the Raven Theater Company's 2008/9 version. This company is based in Chicago.
4 comments:
is amazing how many versions of these play exist, I wonder if there is one for, the latino society too, I can picture a lot of willy's nowdays that have not reach their goals or feel somekinf of unsuccesfull in their live.
This is worth looking for, Lili, and I imagine that we will have a Latino version of Salesman soon, if we don't have one already. :)
It's interesting to see so many different interpretations, when having a script would lead one to think that this is just one play. Thanks for sharing!
You're welcome, Hubert. :) Here's a review of Salesman in Beijing:
http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/11/12/specials/miller-beijing.html
On Monday, I'll bring my copy to class.
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