Death of a Salesman Death of a Salesman Death of a Salesman is a 1949 play written by American playwright Arthur Miller. It won the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play. The play premiered on Broadway in February 1949, running for 742 performances, and has been revived on Broadway four times, winning three Tony Awards for Best Revival. It is widely considered to be one of the greatest plays of the 20th century. Willy Loman returns home exhausted after a business trip he has cancelled. Worried over Willy's state of mind and recent car accident, his wife Linda suggests
Adventure Story (play) the throne of Asia? Who shall I condemn to death?' The play opened at the St. James's Theatre in March 1949, with Paul Scofield in his first starring West End role, as Alexander. The BBC transmitted a live TV version of the play in 1950, starring Andrew Osborn as Alexander; and another in 1961, a recording of which has survived, directed by Rudolph Cartier, with Sean Connery in the role. Of his performance, "The Times" wrote, "certain inflexions and swift deliberations of gesture at times made one feel that the part had found the young Olivier it needs." Adventure Story