Willy Loman (Brian Parry) is a husk of a man who has staked his life of 30-plus years of traveling salesmanship in the fruitless soil of unrealistic hopes and impractical principles-the pedestrian virtues of being well-liked and wearing a charming smile-to which the world has responded with brutal indifference, literally bricking-out the sun from alighting on his small, urban domain. Redtwist Theatre’s current production of this American classic, directed by Steve Scott, is a modestly staged and decently acted rendition though the production sustains more energy and enthusiasm than grounded passion, Miller’s superb script largely redeems its shortcomings.ĭeath of a Salesman so permeates our American subconscious, it hardly needs any introduction. The confrontation between illusion and reality is a noticeable theme in 20 th century American drama ( The Iceman Cometh, The Glass Menagerie), and among its best examples is Arthur Miller’s 1949 Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning tragedy Death of a Salesman.
