CDS presents Death of a Salesmen
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All performances will be staged at the Prospect Playhouse. The performances will be held on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:20 pm. audiences. It cally acclaimed the Pulitzer the New York
upcoming Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller was first performed in 1949 on Broadway and was an immediate success. This deceptively simple story of the tragic road to suicide of a travellingsalesman struck an emotional chord with American audiences. It was critically acclaimed and won the Pulitzer Prize and the New York Critics Circle Award and the production ran for 742 performances before it closed. Since then Death of a Salesman has become one of the most performed and adapted plays in American theater.
upcoming According to a release from Cayman Drama Society, the play's enduring appeal seems to lie in the fact that Miller tapped into the hopes and fears of not only an American but a global public. Universal human questions about the nature of happiness and success, of aging and of family responsibility are tackled. Willy Loman has the quality of an everyman, whose struggle to attain his dreams of success resonates within us all. Miller also tackles the social question of the effect the capitalist American Dream myth has on an ordinary family. As our world becomes increasingly affected by American culture, this is a question that is becoming more and more relevant to a global audience.
Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children, and are available via The Prospect Playhouse Box Office at 949-5054. For Group Sales, please contact Mr. Phil Pace 949-9788.
