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Monday, May 14, 2012

The Great American Role

Ever since Lee J. Cobb first dropped those sample cases on the stage of the old Morosco Theatre on a cold February night in 1949, the role of Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman has been a magnet to American actors.

Leaving aside the debate on whether Arthur Miller's play is a great tragedy about the mirage of the American dream or an overblown melodrama about a dysfunctional family of losers, the fact remains that Willy Loman is one of the most complicated characters in dramatic literature, and great actors love nothing better than complicated characters.

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