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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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Death of a Salesman canonical	33
Death of a Salesman (1951 film)	3
Death of a Salesman (1966 television film)	3
Act I of Death of a Salesman	1
Death of a Salesman (1949 play)	1
Death of a Salesman (1949)	1
Death of a Salesman (1985 television film)	1
Death of a Salesman (Broadway production)	1
Death of a Salesman (West End production)	1
Death of a Salesman (play)	1
Death of a Salesman (stage performance)	1
Death of a Salesman (stage production)	1
Requiem of Death of a Salesman	1

Statements (50)

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 of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dramaticForm	expressionist realism ⓘ
firstPerformanceCity	New York City ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate	1949-02-10 ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace	Morosco Theatre ⓘ
firstPublisher	The Viking Press ⓘ surface form: Viking Press
genre	drama ⓘ tragedy ⓘ
hasAdaptation	Death of a Salesman self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Death of a Salesman (1951 film) Death of a Salesman self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Death of a Salesman (1966 television film) Death of a Salesman self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 (49)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arthur Miller → notableWork → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

Arthur Miller → authorOf → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

Arthur Miller → signatureWork → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

Kermit Bloomgarden → notableWork → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

Elia Kazan → directedPlay → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

Elia Kazan → tonyAwardsWonFor → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

Death of a Salesman → hasAdaptation → Death of a Salesman self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Death of a Salesman (1951 film)

Death of a Salesman → hasAdaptation → Death of a Salesman self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Death of a Salesman (1985 television film)

Death of a Salesman → hasAdaptation → Death of a Salesman self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Death of a Salesman (1966 television film)

Arthur → notableWork → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

subject surface form: Arthur Miller

Wendell Pierce → notableWork → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Death of a Salesman (West End production)

Bloomgarden → notableWork → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

subject surface form: Kermit Bloomgarden

Brian Dennehy → notableWork → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

Jane Miller → notableWork → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

subject surface form: Arthur Miller

John Malkovich → notableWork → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

this entity surface form: Death of a Salesman (stage performance)

Pulitzer Prize for Drama → notableWinningWork → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

Tony Award for Best Play → notableWinner → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

Biff Loman → appearsIn → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

Biff Loman → firstAppearance → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

this entity surface form: Death of a Salesman (1949)

Happy Loman → fictionalUniverse → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

Happy Loman → appearsIn → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

Happy Loman → firstAppearance → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

Ben Loman → appearsIn → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

Ben Loman → firstAppearance → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

David Susskind → notableWork → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

this entity surface form: Death of a Salesman (1966 television film)

New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play → notableRecipient → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

Willy Loman → appearsIn → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

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Linda Loman → appearsIn → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

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Charley → characterIn → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Act I of Death of a Salesman

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this entity surface form: Requiem of Death of a Salesman

Charley → firstAppearance → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

this entity surface form: Death of a Salesman (1949 play)

Morosco Theatre → hostedProduction → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

Fredric March → notableWork → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

this entity surface form: Death of a Salesman (1951 film)

Frank Finlay → notableWork → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

this entity surface form: Death of a Salesman (stage production)

Incident at Vichy → relatedWorkByAuthor → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

Lee J. Cobb → knownFor → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

Lee J. Cobb → notableWork → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

this entity surface form: Death of a Salesman (Broadway production)

Mildred Dunnock → notableWork → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

this entity surface form: Death of a Salesman (play)

Mildred Dunnock → notableWork → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

this entity surface form: Death of a Salesman (1951 film)

Mildred Dunnock → notableWork → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

this entity surface form: Death of a Salesman (1966 television film)

Dennehy → notableWork → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

subject surface form: Brian Dennehy

Volker Schlöndorff → notableWork → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

Volker Schlöndorff → directed → Death of a Salesman ⓘ

The Great Destroyer → hasTrack → Death of a Salesman ⓘ