ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Death of a Salesman is a 1949 stage play written by American playwright Arthur Miller. The play premiered on Broadway in February 1949, running for 742 performances.

Detailed explanation-2: -Death of a Salesman first opened on February 10, 1949, and won great success. It was regarded as one of the finest dramas of American theatre.

Detailed explanation-3: -Death of a Salesman, a play in “two acts and a requiem” by Arthur Miller, written in 1948 and produced in 1949. Miller won a Pulitzer Prize for the work, which he described as “the tragedy of a man who gave his life, or sold it” in pursuit of the American Dream.

Detailed explanation-4: -Death of a Salesman was first performed on February 10, 1949 in the Morosco Theater in New York City. The play ran for 742 performances before closing. Since then, it has had four revivals on Broadway, the most recent in 2012. It has continued to win awards since it was first performed.

Detailed explanation-5: -Have your students ever asked you why Miller called his play ‘Death of a Salesman’? If they have, it’s a good question, and certainly worth exploring in a lesson. We know that Miller’s original title for the play was ‘The Inside of his Head’.