Death of a Salesman

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American play stage play tragedy

Death of a Salesman is a landmark American stage play that portrays the tragic downfall of aging salesman Willy Loman while critiquing the promises and failures of the American Dream.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American play → stage play → tragedy →
author	Arthur Miller →
awarded	Pulitzer Prize for Drama → Tony Award for Best Play →
awardYear	1949 →
broadwayRunEnd	1950-11-18 →
broadwayRunStart	1949-02-10 →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
dramaticForm	expressionist realism →
firstPerformanceCity	New York City →
firstPerformanceDate	1949-02-10 →
firstPerformancePlace	Morosco Theatre →
firstPublisher	Viking Press →
genre	drama → tragedy →
hasAdaptation	Death of a Salesman (1951 film) → Death of a Salesman (1966 television film) → Death of a Salesman (1985 television film) → various stage revivals →
influencedBy	Great Depression → post–World War II American society →
isConsidered	landmark of American theatre →
isFrequentlyStudiedIn	American literature courses → theatre studies courses →
mainCharacter	Ben Loman → Bernard → Biff Loman → Charley → Happy Loman → Linda Loman → The Woman → Willy Loman →
notableTheme	economic insecurity → generational conflict → illusion versus reality →
numberOfBroadwayPerformances	742 →
originalLanguage	English →
protagonistOccupation	traveling salesman →
publicationYear	1949 →
settingLocation	Brooklyn → New York City →
structure	two acts and a requiem →
subject	American Dream → capitalism → failure and disillusionment → family relationships → identity and self-worth →
timePeriod	late 1940s →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Arthur Miller → Arthur Miller → Brian Dennehy → Kermit Bloomgarden → Kermit Bloomgarden → Wendell Pierce →	notableWork
Death of a Salesman ("Death of a Salesman (1951 film)") → Death of a Salesman ("Death of a Salesman (1985 television film)") → Death of a Salesman ("Death of a Salesman (1966 television film)") →	hasAdaptation
Arthur Miller →	authorOf
Elia Kazan →	directedPlay
Wendell Pierce ("Death of a Salesman (West End production)") →	participatedIn
Arthur Miller →	signatureWork
Elia Kazan →	tonyAwardsWonFor