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The play, Death of a Salesman, is not what you would perceive it to be. Death of a Salesman is a 1949 play written by American playwright Arthur Miller. It was the recipient of the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play. Premiered at the Morosco Theatre in February 1949, the original production ran for a total of 742 performances.
It portrays the life of a traveling salesman, Willy Loman, who begins to lose his sanity and has attempted suicide in the process. Willy's grasp on reality is slowly slipping away when he starts to see his deceased brother and scenarios of the past. He is very narrow-minded man, believing that the only dream a man should have is to be successful. His wife, Linda is often referred to using an "iron repression" when it comes to dealing with her husband. She seems to be a mentally battered woman who just goes along with Willy's estranged behaviors because she secretly knows of what Willy has been trying to "accomplish." Willy's two sons, Biff and Happy, aren't successful at all, they are actually two washed up men in their thirties who have gone through life by their charm and wit. They, in fact, are unaware of their father's suicidal tendencies and are only finally begin to witness Willy's delusions.
The acting lacked passion. It seemed as though if the actors were reading off of cue cards instead of inputting some sort of feeling. The only part that wasn't dry was when Biff was crying, in which it was poorly executed. There was a certain je ne sais quoi about the performance but it didn't seem believable.
It portrays the life of a traveling salesman, Willy Loman, who begins to lose his sanity and has attempted suicide in the process. Willy's grasp on reality is slowly slipping away when he starts to see his deceased brother and scenarios of the past. He is very narrow-minded man, believing that the only dream a man should have is to be successful. His wife, Linda is often referred to using an "iron repression" when it comes to dealing with her husband. She seems to be a mentally battered woman who just goes along with Willy's estranged behaviors because she secretly knows of what Willy has been trying to "accomplish." Willy's two sons, Biff and Happy, aren't successful at all, they are actually two washed up men in their thirties who have gone through life by their charm and wit. They, in fact, are unaware of their father's suicidal tendencies and are only finally begin to witness Willy's delusions.
The acting lacked passion. It seemed as though if the actors were reading off of cue cards instead of inputting some sort of feeling. The only part that wasn't dry was when Biff was crying, in which it was poorly executed. There was a certain je ne sais quoi about the performance but it didn't seem believable.