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Podcast: The Profitable Writer
Episode: The Ghost of Willy Loman
Description: One of the saddest plays ever performed in American theater is Death of a Salesman. It was written by Arthur Miller and first performed on Broadway in 1949. Death of a Salesman tells the story of the last 24 hours in the life of Willy Loman, a salesman who never quite achieves the success he always dreamed of. He has a faithful yet disappointed wife, and two sons who are equally as lost as he is. By the end of the play, you come to understand that Willy’s main downfall is that he is unable to truly be...