
Death of a Salesman (Tod eines Handlungsreisenden)
by Arthur Miller
German by Volker Schlöndorff and Florian Hopf
"I’m gonna show you and everyone else that Willy Loman did not die in vain. He had a good dream. It’s the only dream you can have – to come out number-one man."
The dream of becoming number one. The dream of happiness, success and fame. The dream of recognition. At the end of a hardworking life, Willy Loman’s dream remains unfulfilled. For 36 years he travelled through the country as a salesman and now it’s all over. His regular clients have moved away or died, his younger colleagues are more efficient, the endless car journeys have become a torment. When he is fired by his new young boss, he plunges into an existential crisis. Loman can see only one way out: suicide, disguised as a car accident, so that his family can cash in on his life insurance policy.
Death of a Salesman is a social tragedy and a story about the loss of identity: Loman becomes a victim of the American dream of success and financial prosperity.
Cooperation with Berlin University of the Arts
Awarded with the Friedrich-Luft-Preis 2017 of the Berliner Morgenpost
"I’m gonna show you and everyone else that Willy Loman did not die in vain. He had a good dream. It’s the only dream you can have – to come out number-one man."
The dream of becoming number one. The dream of happiness, success and fame. The dream of recognition. At the end of a hardworking life, Willy Loman’s dream remains unfulfilled. For 36 years he travelled through the country as a salesman and now it’s all over. His regular clients have moved away or died, his younger colleagues are more efficient, the endless car journeys have become a torment. When he is fired by his new young boss, he plunges into an existential crisis. Loman can see only one way out: suicide, disguised as a car accident, so that his family can cash in on his life insurance policy.
Death of a Salesman is a social tragedy and a story about the loss of identity: Loman becomes a victim of the American dream of success and financial prosperity.
Cooperation with Berlin University of the Arts
Awarded with the Friedrich-Luft-Preis 2017 of the Berliner Morgenpost
Director Bastian Kraft
Set Ben Baur
Costumes Inga Timm
Video Stefan Bischoff
Music Björn SC Deigner
Stage lighting Cornelia Gloth
Dramaturgy Ulrich Beck
Premiere 17 March 2017, Deutsches Theater
Ulrich MatthesWilly Loman

Olivia GrigolliLinda Loman

Jeremy MockridgeBiff Loman

Niklas WetzelHappy Loman

Harald BaumgartnerCharley

Timo WeisschnurBernard

Moritz GroveHoward Wagner

Jürgen HuthStanley

Friederike DrewsLetta

Thea RascheJenny

Ulrike HarbortThe Woman
Ulrich MatthesOnkel Ben

Willy Loman
Linda Loman
Biff Loman
Happy Loman
Charley
Bernard
Howard Wagner
Stanley
Letta
Jenny
Ulrike Harbort
The Woman
Onkel Ben
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