![]() ![]() It’s also about the destruction of the American Dream and how the pursuit of capitalism creates an unstoppable force which affects the lives of individuals, particularly those who fall foul of it. Taking its cue from Greek tragedy, this is the story of a deeply flawed man hounded by fate and his own past mistakes. But the power of the piece lies in what Miller does with this framework and in the depth of characterisation that is put on display. Struggling commercial salesman has trouble at work and at home, harks back in his mind to past events and can only see one way out of the mess his life has become … and even that is given away in the title. Seeing this play again I was struck by quite how thin the narrative actually is. Surprisingly, this version was originally broadcast in five sections as a series for schools I really couldn’t see that happening these days. Some years later (1996) Mitchell recreated the role for a BBC TV production, and this has recently been put up on the iPlayer to marvel at once more. It starred Warren Mitchell who Miller himself hailed as the embodiment of the tragic Willy Loman. Way back in 1979 I was privileged to see the National Theatre’s almost legendary production of one of the seminal American plays of the twentieth century, Arthur Miller’s Death Of A Salesman. ![]()
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