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The second play I saw was Death of a Salesman; put on by the Actors Theatre of San Francisco, in beautiful San Francisco. This play was put on in arrangement with the Dramatists Play Service. Inc. Death of a Sales man was written by Arthur Miller, who is known for other plays such as, but not limited to: The man who had all the luck (1944), All my Sons (1947) and The Crucible (1953). This man has a huge rack of awards his achieved throughout this life until his death in early 2005.
This theatre I attended looked sort of like a coffee shop from the outside, but when you walked in it was transformed into a theater, with the elevated seating and a stage in the back of the building. The walls were painted black and there were many doors all around the set to make it easier for the actors to get from scene to scene. There was one table in the middle of the room, which was for the kitchen, along with stairs leading up to the bedrooms. There was a door leading down to the basement, which was where the water heater was, they had a light emitting red light to signify danger as well as the water heater’s furnace.
The play is about the Loman family, this family lies to themselves about what’s really going on in their lives. Willy Loman, who is played by Keith Phillips is the father of two men and a husband of his wife Linda. Willy is a salesman; he doesn’t know what exactly to do with his life. Throughout the play a man named Ben, played by Hal Savage, helps point Willy in the right direction. Willy believes the source of happiness would be from seeing his sons become successful by becoming rich and famous, holding high pride. Willy’s pride is his demise by the end of the play. Willy loves sons, particularly the most, Biff, played by Carl Miller. Biff is the older of the two sons, who is a football star, although a football star, he had failed his math course, which kept him from graduating high school and continuing his football career at University of Virginia. His dreams are diminished when he finds his father is nothing but a liar and cheater. He finds his father with another woman in a hotel, he was seeking his father’s guidance after he found out he was failed from his math course, but little did he find his father with another woman, and still holding pride, wanting to beat him for questioning his father. Ever since that day, Biff and Willy did not get along well. The father only wanted excellence, and money from his son’s mouths, the songs manufactured those thoughts and dreams to his father by lying about what is going on in their lives. After biff moves away, his father feels the guilt from Biff because after Biff lost confidence in his father, lost confidence in himself, he was lost, and making nothing of himself. Willy only wanted to know his son was making a living and making a good name for himself.
Biff’s brother was a womanizer, who only seemed care for getting in bed with women, and the finest at that. He followed his father’s foot-steps by only taking the best and not taking crap from anyone. Not having the ability to put up with a manger is tough, only creates a barrier between you and your boss, and leaving you at a lower position than you’d be at if you would have kissed some ass. Biff’s brother, Happy, played by Tim Meehan doesn’t get as much attention as his older brother, and even looks up to his older brother. Both the sons are brought up to believe nerds are un-liked, and to be liked you must go for the goal, and make friends. Which by doing so, you’re unable to pay mortgage and work a dead end job, doing things you don’t even enjoy, which is what Biff realizes.
The father is near the end of his life and after being with a company for 35 years is laid off, without any compensation and relief. The only end to this salesman’s life is death, which his death will leave a handsome $20,000 to his family by his life insurance. Willy was not forgiven by his son Biff, Biff knew that it was selfish and that there were other ways out. This salesman could no longer sell himself, not even to his family, which was the end of what Willy was to himself.
The high expectations of Willy demonstrated this play of his Sons and he is a platform of life that is in many cultures. As greatness is expected in the Chinese culture, only excellence is expected, with no excuse to be found. This American dream that Willy kept in his mind is something many immigrates see and come to America for their chance. Willy was the hero, but he was also the protagonist of the play. He was just a regular man, trying to make his regular life so much greater.
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