Dead Man Walking (play) work. The University of Scranton was one of the original Jesuit Universities to perform the play in their 2004-2005 season. Sister Helen Prejean, who had become an internationally known human rights activist as a result of writing "Dead Man Walking", first conceived the idea of a stage version of her work in 1998 after reading a "New Yorker" magazine article that said Arthur Miller's play, "Death of a Salesman", had been performed a million times, and was performed every day somewhere in the world. Sister Helen realized that if "Dead Man Walking" could be made into a play its impact
The Dance of Death (Strindberg play) Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" is highly reminiscent of "The Dance of Death", as is Harry Kondoleon's sparring match between angry and spiritually despairing couples, "The Houseguests". John Guare credited a production of Strindberg's play at the Royal National Theatre as an influence on his play "The House of Blue Leaves". The Dance of Death (Strindberg play) The Dance of Death () refers to two plays, "The Dance of Death I", and "The Dance of Death II", both written by August Strindberg in 1900. Part one was written in September, and then, after receiving a response to the