From Mel Gibson to Anthony LaPaglia: why Australian stages keep returning to Death of a Salesman

GWB Entertainment/Jeff Busby Set in New York and Boston, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman explores the final hours of 63-year-old Willy Loman as he grapples with an unfulfilled life pursuing “the wrong dreams”. The return of Biff, his estranged son, forces Loman to confront the infidelity that destroyed their once-loving relationship. But at the end of the second act, after he’s abruptly fired from his job of 34 years, Loman discovers the most “remarkable” thing: his son still loves him.…