Theater: Rebirth of an American Dream

DEATH OF A SALESMAN by Arthur Miller

"He's liked, but he's not—well liked."

"When I was 17, I walked into the jungle, and when I was 21 I walked out. And by God I was rich."

"He's a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine . . . A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory."

And, above all, this: "So attention must be paid . . . Attention, attention must be finally paid to such a person."

To hear those lines spoken from a...

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