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Death of a Salesman Story

Few works of drama loom as large in the national psyche as Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller’s seminal and searing deconstruction of the American Dream. It caused a critical sensation when it premiered on Broadway in 1949 with a production directed by Elia Kazan. It went on to win six Tony Awards including Best Play, and was also honored with the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play. The play has enjoyed four previous Broadway revivals, three of which won the Tony Award for Best Revival.

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