![]() ![]() The play was selected as one of the best plays of 1948-1949, with an excerpted version published in "The Burns Mantle Best Plays of 1948-1949." It is considered by some critics to be one of the greatest plays of the 20th century. ![]() It won the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play. The play addresses a variety of themes, such as the American Dream, the anatomy of truth, and infidelity. It is a two-act tragedy set in late 1940s Brooklyn told through a montage of memories, dreams, and arguments of the protagonist Willy Loman, a travelling salesman who is despondent with his life, and appears to be slipping into senility. ![]() The play premiered on Broadway in February 1949, running for 742 performances. Late 1940s Willy Loman's house New York City and Barnaby River BostonÄeath of a Salesman is a 1949 stage play written by American playwright Arthur Miller. ![]()
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