Cobb plays road salesman Willy Loman so well that the viewer can see him having an emotional breakdown as the play progresses to it's conclusion. Sixteen years later a now 55 year old Cobb reprises his Broadway stage role for the television cameras and was emotionally and dramatically perfect. Thirty-nine years later I purchased the DVD and marveled in seeing "Death of a Salesman" in color. Back then we only had a black and white TV. I saw the television movie which ran on CBS television when it was broadcast in 1966. The play ran for 742 performances from Februthru November 18, 1950. Cobb (then 38 years old) had performed this role on Broadway starring in the original cast. Cobb in mind to play salesman Willy Loman. It is almost as if he wrote it with Lee J. The tickets for the widely acclaimed play have already been sold out.Clearly, "Death of a Salesman" is the best play that Arthur Miller has written. "I believe the work can be recognized by, and resonate with, today's audiences." "I think that the story is close to our lives," said Lu. Directed by Lin Yi, it stars Lu Liang who has known the script for 40 years. Produced by Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center, the Chinese version is translated by Tian Hongyi. The play also features his relationship with his wife, sons and acquaintances.
It explores his psychological chaos and the capitalist society's impact on his life through a montage of memories, dreams and arguments. In pursuit of the American Dream, he believes that being well liked, not necessarily hard work, is the key to success. The play tells the last 24 hours in the life of a 63-year-old traveling salesman named Willy Loman. Known as one of the best American scripts in the 20th century, it has won three Tony Awards for Best Revival and the Pulitzer Prize in Drama. It is a two-act tragedy set in New York in the 1930s and 1940s. Written by American playwright Arthur Miller, "Death of a Salesman" premiered at Broadway in 1949. The Chinese version of the award-winning play "Death of a Salesman" is running at Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center.
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