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 ==Translations and adaptations==
-An [[Afrikaans]] translation ''[[Dood van 'n Handelsreisiger]]'' by (''translator?'') was staged by [[PACT]] and [[SWAPAC]] in the early 1980s.
 Translated into [[Afrikaans]] and adapted to a South African setting as ''[[Dood van 'n Verkoopsman]]'' by [[Andries Vrey]] in 2010.

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 ==Translations and adaptations==
-An Afrikaans translation '''''Dood van 'n Handelsreisiger''''' by (''translator?'') was staged by [[PACT]] and [[SWAPAC]] in the early 1980s.
+An [[Afrikaans]] translation ''[[Dood van 'n Handelsreisiger]]'' by (''translator?'') was staged by [[PACT]] and [[SWAPAC]] in the early 1980s.
-Translated into [[Afrikaans]] and adapted to a South African setting as '''''Dood van 'n Verkoopsman''''' by [[Andries Vrey]] in 2010.
+Translated into [[Afrikaans]] and adapted to a South African setting as ''[[Dood van 'n Verkoopsman]]'' by [[Andries Vrey]] in 2010.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

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 : Produced by [[PACT]], directed by [[Ken Leach]], featuring [[Joe Stewardson]] (Willy Loman), [[Diane Wilson]] (Linda), [[Bill Flynn]] (Biff), [[Richard Haines]] (Happy), [[Frantz Dobrowsky]] (Bernard), [[Helen Jessop]] (The Woman), [[Stuart Brown]] (Charley), [[Norman Coombes]] (Uncle Ben), [[Errol Ross]] (Howard Wagner), [[Diana Cox]] (Jenny), [[Denis Betterworth]] (Stanley), [[Ingrid von Bergen]] (Miss Forsythe) and [[Lesley Nott]] (Letta).
-: Produced by [[CAPAB]] Drama opening 2 March 1979 at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]], directed by [[Roy Sergeant]], starring [[Michael Atkinson]], [[Diane Wilson]], [[Paul Slabolepszy]], [[Ian Roberts]], [[Neville Thomas]], [[Joyce Bradley]], [[Ronald France]], [[Roger Dwyer]], [[Peter Cartwright]], [[Eileen Thorns]], [[Brian Kennedy]], [[Mary Dreyer]], [[Clare Stopford]], [[Simon Swindell]]. Set and costume designer [[Raimond Schoop]], lighting designer [[John T. Baker]]. This production was dedicated to the memory of [[Johann Nell]]. Music composed and selected by [[Michael Tuffin]].
+: Produced by [[CAPAB]] Drama opening 2 March 1979 at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]], directed by [[Roy Sargeant]], starring [[Michael Atkinson]], [[Diane Wilson]], [[Paul Slabolepszy]], [[Ian Roberts]], [[Neville Thomas]], [[Joyce Bradley]], [[Ronald France]], [[Roger Dwyer]], [[Peter Cartwright]], [[Eileen Thorns]], [[Brian Kennedy]], [[Mary Dreyer]], [[Clare Stopford]], [[Simon Swindell]]. Set and costume designer [[Raimond Schoop]], lighting designer [[John T. Baker]]. This production was dedicated to the memory of [[Johann Nell]]. Music composed and selected by [[Michael Tuffin]].
 *: Presented by [[PACT]] in [[Afrikaans]] in the early 1980s under the title '''''Dood van 'n Handelsreisiger''''' starring  [[Johan Malherbe]], [[Louis van Niekerk]] as Willie Loman, [[Schalk Schoombie]], [[Jocelyn Broderick]].

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 National Arts Festival programme, 2000.
-Review by Christina Kennedy in ''The Citizen'', 25 July 2000.
+Review by Christina Kennedy in ''[[The Citizen]]'', 25 July 2000.
-''The Star'', 16 Aug 2000.
+''[[The Star]]'', 16 Aug 2000.
-''Beeld'' 28 Aug 2010.
+''[[Beeld]]'' 28 Aug 2010.
 [[Bobby Heaney|Bobby Heaney Productions]] theatre programme, 2001.

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 [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. 63.
-[[NELM]] (1963 production): [Collection: KORT, Maurice]: 2012. 379. 10. 39 AND [[[Collection: SIEFF, Percy]: 2013. 25. 13. 1]].
+[[NELM]] (1963 production): [Collection: KORT, Maurice]: 2012. 379. 10. 39 AND [Collection: SIEFF, Percy]: 2013. 25. 13. 1].
 [[PACT]] theatre programme, 1975.

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-'''''Death of a Salesman''''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_a_Salesman] is a play by American playwright Arthur Miller (1915-2005) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Miller]. The classic 20th century American tragedy of the common man. Premiered on Broadway in February 1949.
+''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_a_Salesman] is a play by American playwright Arthur Miller (1915-2005) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Miller]. The classic 20th century American tragedy of the common man. Premiered on Broadway in February 1949.
 == The original text ==
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 August 14 - 18, 1962: Directed by [[David Barnett - producer]] and the [[Amateur Theatre Guild]], also sometimes referred to as the [[Port Elizabeth Theatre Guild]], at the [[Port Elizabeth City Hall]]. Starring [[David Barnett]] (Willy Loman), [[Helen Mann]] (Linda), [[Brian Gaven]] (Biff), [[Colin Ward]] (Happy), [[Alan Williams]] (Bernard), Ursula Burnett]] (Woman), [[John Hamber]] (Charley), [[Raymond Howell]] (Uncle Ben), [[Gerry Baker]] (Howard Wagner), [[Antoinette Assemaine]] (Jenny), [[Tommy Walker]] (Stanley), [[Jill Shepherd]] (Miss Forsythe), [[Cynthia Harvey]] (Letta) and [[Rob Binnell]] (Waiter).
--3: Presented by the [[Barn Players]] produced by [[David Bloomberg]], at the [[Barn Theatre]] November 1962 and at the [[Little Theatre]], University of Cape Town, from 30 January to 9 February 1963.
+-3: Presented by the [[Barn Players]] produced by [[David Bloomberg]], at the [[Barn Theatre]] November 1962 and at the [[Little Theatre]], University of Cape Town, from 30 January to 9 February 1963, with [[Percy Sieff]], [[Johan Nell]], [[Robin Malan]] and [[Yvonne Bryceland]] in the cast.
 : Produced by [[PACT]], directed by [[Ken Leach]], featuring [[Joe Stewardson]] (Willy Loman), [[Diane Wilson]] (Linda), [[Bill Flynn]] (Biff), [[Richard Haines]] (Happy), [[Frantz Dobrowsky]] (Bernard), [[Helen Jessop]] (The Woman), [[Stuart Brown]] (Charley), [[Norman Coombes]] (Uncle Ben), [[Errol Ross]] (Howard Wagner), [[Diana Cox]] (Jenny), [[Denis Betterworth]] (Stanley), [[Ingrid von Bergen]] (Miss Forsythe) and [[Lesley Nott]] (Letta).
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 [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. 63.
-[[NELM]] (1963 production): [Collection: KORT, Maurice]: 2012. 379. 10. 39.
+[[NELM]] (1963 production): [Collection: KORT, Maurice]: 2012. 379. 10. 39 AND [[[Collection: SIEFF, Percy]: 2013. 25. 13. 1]].
 [[PACT]] theatre programme, 1975.

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 /2: First produced South Africa by the [[Sarah Sylvia Company]] at the [[Labia Theatre]] in Cape Town and at the new [[Johannesburg Reps]] Theatre in Johannesburg with Israeli actor [[Jacob Ben-Ami]] as "Willy Loman" and [[Leon Gluckman]] as "Biff", co-directed by Ben-Ami and Gluckman.
-August 14 - 18, 1962: Directed by [[David Barnett]] and the [[Amateur Theatre Guild]], also sometimes referred to as the [[Port Elizabeth Theatre Guild]], at the [[Port Elizabeth City Hall]]. Starring [[David Barnett]] (Willy Loman), [[Helen Mann]] (Linda), [[Brian Gaven]] (Biff), [[Colin Ward]] (Happy), [[Alan Williams]] (Bernard), Ursula Burnett]] (Woman), [[John Hamber]] (Charley), [[Raymond Howell]] (Uncle Ben), [[Gerry Baker]] (Howard Wagner), [[Antoinette Assemaine]] (Jenny), [[Tommy Walker]] (Stanley), [[Jill Shepherd]] (Miss Forsythe), [[Cynthia Harvey]] (Letta) and [[Rob Binnell]] (Waiter).
+August 14 - 18, 1962: Directed by [[David Barnett - producer]] and the [[Amateur Theatre Guild]], also sometimes referred to as the [[Port Elizabeth Theatre Guild]], at the [[Port Elizabeth City Hall]]. Starring [[David Barnett]] (Willy Loman), [[Helen Mann]] (Linda), [[Brian Gaven]] (Biff), [[Colin Ward]] (Happy), [[Alan Williams]] (Bernard), Ursula Burnett]] (Woman), [[John Hamber]] (Charley), [[Raymond Howell]] (Uncle Ben), [[Gerry Baker]] (Howard Wagner), [[Antoinette Assemaine]] (Jenny), [[Tommy Walker]] (Stanley), [[Jill Shepherd]] (Miss Forsythe), [[Cynthia Harvey]] (Letta) and [[Rob Binnell]] (Waiter).
 -3: Presented by the [[Barn Players]] produced by [[David Bloomberg]], at the [[Barn Theatre]] November 1962 and at the [[Little Theatre]], University of Cape Town, from 30 January to 9 February 1963.
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 == Sources ==
-''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' theatre programme, 1962, [[Amateur Theatre Guild]].
+''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' theatre programme, [[Amateur Theatre Guild]], 1962.
 [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. 63.

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 == The original text ==
-The action takes place in Willy Loman's house and yard and in various places he visits in New York and Boston.
+The action takes place in Willy Loman's house and yard and in various places he visits in New York and Boston. An exhausted Willy Loman returned home after a cancelled business trip. His wife, Linda, worried about his state of mind after a recent car accident, suggests he asks his boss to allow him to work in his home city so he will not have to travel. Willy complains to his wife that Biff, their son, has still to prove himself. Despite Biff's promising athletic prowess at high school, he failed maths and was unable to enter university. Willy loses his job and it later comes out that he had been having an affair.
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