ABSTRACT

Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman is the American play that defines our theater, making it great and profoundly humane. If I had to choose between the major work of Tennessee Williams, Eugene O’Neill, or Mr. Miller, I would put Death of a Salesman highest. No play ever changed the world, but some have changed the way we see the world, and the way we see ourselves. More than any other American classic I know, Death of a Salesman quite simply breaks our hearts.