Death of a Salesman

Summary: Granada production for ITV of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, starring the American Albert Dekker as Willy Loman.
Theatre play: Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller [more information]
Play synopsis: 'Death of a Salesman relates the story of Willy Loman, a down-on-his-luck traveling salesman. In order to cope with his failures in life, he retreats to the past in his mind and seems to be losing touch with reality. He tries to relive the good times, but keeps coming up against things that went wrong. His family try to help him by lying about their prospects, but when Loman loses his job, after a lifetime with the same company, he becomes desperate. His depression is exacerbated by the guilt he feels from a past infidelity which has estranged him from his older son, Biff. Rather than accept that his life has been a failure, and that Biff is not interested in big business, Loman decides to commit suicide in hopes that the insurance money will help Biff become successful. The play ends with his family and only friend, Charley, grieving by his graveside’ (http://www.ibiblio.org/miller/works.html, accessed 18 January 2013).
Production history: Death of a Salesman premiered in America and Britain in 1949.
Date of transmission: Wednesday 27 November 1957
Time: 8.00pm
Series: Play of the Week
Channel: ITV
Production company: Granada Television (1956-)

Director

Silvio Narizzano

Producer

Silvio Narizzano

Playwright

Arthur Miller

Cast

George Baker	Biff
Albert Dekker	Willy Loman

Title: 100 television stage plays: [3] ITV, 1955-1964 (Blog article)
Author/creator: John Wyver (Author)
Reference: http://screenplaystv.wordpress.com/2011/08/28/100-television-stage-plays-3-itv-1955-1963, published 28 August 2011

Title: Arthur Miller on the small screen 1: Death of a Salesman (Blog article)
Author/creator: Amanda Wrigley (Author)
Reference: http://screenplaystv.wordpress.com/2013/02/10/arthur-miller-1-death-of-a-salesman, published 10 February 2013

Title: Granada Produces the Best Play since ITV Began: Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman (Newspaper review)
Author/creator: Bernard Levin (Reviewer)
Reference: The Manchester Guardian, 30 November 1957, p. 5

Title: Independent Television: Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller (Newspaper review)
Author/creator: Anonymous (Reviewer)
Reference: The Times, 28 November 1957, p. 3

Title: Plays for the Millions: The First 75. A Cross Index of Granada TV Play Productions (Book)
Reference: Published by Granada TV Network, 1960

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