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On 10 February 1949, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman opened on Broadway. Robert Giddings, Tribune Magazine Booklet Notes It was a sensation to audiences in 1949 and continues to move with its mix of cynical satire, realism and pathos. The 1953 radio production of Arthur Miller’s masterpiece, Death of a Salesman, with Thomas Mitchell and Arthur Kennedy, gets the Broadway treatment by Elia Kazan (who premiered the play). Titles by Arthur Miller Titles by Arthur Miller Death of a Salesman (abridged) Cast Thomas Mitchell Willy Loman Arthur Kennedy Biff Mildred Dunnock Linda Howard Smith Charley Thomas Chalmers Uncle Ben Cameron Mitchell Happy Alan Hewitt Howard Wagner Don Keefer Bernard Tom Pedi Stanley Winifred Cushing The Woman Constance Ford Miss Forsythe Hope Cameron Letta Ann Driscoll Jenny Reviews Titles read by Arthur Kennedy Titles read by Arthur Kennedy Death of a Salesman (abridged) In 1968 he appeared in Miller’s The Price. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s Kennedy continued to play on Broadway, forging an alliance with Arthur Miller and playing Chris Keller in All My Sons (1947) and John Proctor in The Crucible (1953). One of his last films was Lawrence of Arabia (1962). He played in many films as a supporting actor and was twice nominated for an Academy Award.

studio put him in supporting roles in several prestigious movies, including High Sierra (1941) and They Died with Their Boots On (1941) starring Errol Flynn.

DEATH OF A SALESMAN 1949 MOVIE

Several more significant roles on Broadway established his reputation before moving to Los Angeles where he was spotted by James Cagney, and his movie career began.

This led to his first appearance on Broadway, in Richard II starring Maurice Evans, in 1937.

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Born on 17 February 1914 in Worcester, Massachusetts, Kennedy studied drama at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, and his first professional acting job was with the Globe Theatre Company, which toured the Midwest offering abbreviated versions of Shakespearian plays. Titles read by Thomas Mitchell Titles read by Thomas Mitchell Death of a Salesman (abridged)Īrthur Kennedy, who created the role of Biff in Death of a Salesman, was also one of the leading character actors in American film from the late 1940s through to the early 1960s.

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Colombo on stage (his last appearance) which was later turned into the enduringly successful TV series with Peter Falk. Throughout the 1950s Mitchell played regularly in the theatre and on television. As the drunken Doc Boone in Stagecoach, starring John Wayne, Mitchell won the best Supporting Actor Academy Award. Smith Goes to Washington, Only Angels Have Wings, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Gone with the Wind. In 1939 alone, he had key roles in five classic films: Stagecoach, Mr. It is no exaggeration to say that since his Hollywood debut in 1923, Mitchell appeared in many of the greatest films of the 20th century. Mitchell gained useful experience with them, playing Shakespeare. He met another future great screen character actor, Charles Coburn, who had his own company, the Coburn Players. Mitchell was a first generation American of Irish immigrants who settled in New Jersey. Today he is best remembered for two roles: as Scarlet O’Hara’s father in the epic Gone with the Wind (1939), and the forgetful Uncle Billy in the classic Christmas film It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) starring James Stewart. Thomas Mitchell was a veteran Holly-wood actor when he came to play Willy Loman in 1950.

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A domestic tragedy, a cynical indictment of materialism and the American Dream, and a profoundly moving story of one man’s struggle to maintain his dignity in the face of continual adversity – Miller’s play is essential listening.ĭownload PDF booklet More product details ISBN: As the disappointing nature of his reality crowds in upon him, Willy and his family suffer the tragic cost of his delusions of greatness.

Willy, a travelling salesman, based in New York, relentlessly chases material success. It features Thomas Mitchell and Arthur Kennedy as father and son. This unusually powerful recording, made for radio in 1953, was directed by Elia Kazan who premiered the play. Thomas Mitchell, Arthur Kennedy & Elia Kazan abridgedĪrthur Miller’s most famous play, Death of a Salesman, has become a key text in Western literature. Audio Sample Arthur Miller Death of a Salesman