Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller
Alter Saal
[recommended for ages 15 and up]
Willy Loman has been a salesman for over 40 years. Business is going well. Or rather: was going well. For some time now, business has been slow and Willy expects to be let go and things are going downhill with his two sons, Happy and Biff, as well. And that even though Biff used to be a huge success. Plagued by his professional failures, the constantly growing pressure of capitalistic optimisation and the undoing of his meticulously created and internalised family image, Willy is lost in a furious maelstrom of illusion and reality. Romanticised past and frustrating present combine to create a gruelling life lie turning Willy’s briefcase of samples from work equipment into a symbol for the discontinued sample »Loman«.
After »Minna von Barnhelm« Arthur Miller’s »Death of a Salesman« is Ronny Jakubaschk's second stage production in Heidelberg, focusing on a text where comedy and tragedy go hand in hand.
The production of the decorative parts is carried out in the workshops of the Theater und Orchester Heidelberg.
A complete list of all employees of the technical departments involved can be found here.
Listen to an introduction by Maria Schneider (in German) here.
Trailer by Siegersbuschfilm