The Need for Success Arthur Miller, who wrote Death of a Salesman, was born on October 17, 1915 and is still living today. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York City, which just happens to be the setting for Death of a Salesman. This play ... was first published in 1949 and on November 18, 1950, when the play closed, it had encountered 742 well-liked performances. Death of a Salesman was Miller's "most critically ... anything, but he is keeping it from everyone that he loves. He tells Linda that "I did five hundred gross in Providence and seven hundred gross in Boston," (Miller 35). Willy actual...

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