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
Salesman (1969 film) of "recruit[ing] Paul Brennan, who was in the roofing and siding business, to play a bible salesman". In response, the Maysles threatened suit against "The New Yorker" and rebutted Kael's claims in an open letter sent to the magazine (which, due to "The New Yorker's" policy in 1970 of not publishing letters, did not appear in print until 1996 when it was included in the appendix to the anthology "Imagining Reality: The Faber Book of Documentary"). The letter stated, in pertinent part: In 1992, "Salesman" was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of