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:
First is the link to the beginning of the film Richard III starring Ian Mckellen. This film is set in the 1930s. Note that the beginning of Shakespeare's play is not the beginning of this film!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm1kaanjd8M&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=PLB0A3B33E632863CB
You may also enjoy Mckellen's "courtship" scene here. Kristin Scott-Thomas plays Lady Anne, the widow of a man Richard has killed.
You may also enjoy Mckellen's "courtship" scene here. Kristin Scott-Thomas plays Lady Anne, the widow of a man Richard has killed.
Here Mckellen interprets Richard III's opening speech ("Now is the winter..."):
Next is the link to part 1 of Al Pacino's Looking for Richard:
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.
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.
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