Death of a Salesman his standards. The models of business success provided in the play all argue against Willy's "personality theory." One is Charley, Willy's neighbor and apparently only friend. Charley has no time for Willy's theories of business, but he provides for his family and is in a position to offer Willy a do-nothing job to keep him bringing home a salary. (Bloom 51) "Death of a Salesman" first opened on February 10, 1949, to great success. Drama critic John Gassner wrote that “the ecstatic reception accorded "Death of Salesman" has been reverberating for some time wherever there is an ear for theatre,
Harry S. Miller Eccentric Character and Comedy Sketch", a two-man play. Miller married his wife Levina and moved to Tyrone, Pennsylvania, where they gave birth to their daughter, Gladys Lucille, in 1905. Most of his music was published by Edward Taylor Paull (and the E.T. Paull Co.), a New England publisher at the time, who also composed "He's Goin' to Hab a Hot Time Bye an' Bye" for Miller. The date of Miller's death is unknown, but he was apparently still alive in 1908. Many of his songs have been lost, along with their date of publication, including: Harry S. Miller Harry S.