Original Listing Description

This copy of the Broadhurst Theatre PLAYBILL for DEATH OF A SALESMAN, Signed by Arthur Miller and Dustin Hoffman was published by Playbill Incorporated in 1984 to accompany that year’s production of the critically acclaimed play starring Dustin Hoffman as the salesman, Willie Loman. The signatures of both Arthur Miller, the play’s playwright, and Dustin Hoffman appear on the front cover of the Playbill. The Playbill magazine, which measures approximately 5 ½ inches wide by 8 ½ inches tall, contains 134 pages of text, illustrations and advertisements related to the play, the theater world, and the New York environment in which theaters are prominent. The magazine is staple bound in stiff paper covers. The two signatures, on the front cover, are clean and unblemished. The magazine is complete and in fine condition. The illustrations accompanying this description show the front cover of the Playbill, the “Title Page” for the play, a 2-page spread showing the cast and some of Arthur Miller’s “own words about life and art”, and a page of “Scenes from Death of a Salesman”. Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are All My Sons (1947),Death of a Salesman (1949), The Crucible (1953), and A View from the Bridge (1955). He wrote several screenplays, including The Misfits (1961). The drama Death of a Salesman is considered one of the best American plays of the 20th century. [Wikipedia] Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor. As one of the key actors in the formation of New Hollywood, Hoffman is known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and emotionally vulnerable characters. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards. Hoffman has received numerous honors, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1997, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1999, and the Kennedy Center Honors Award in 2012. Actor Robert De Niro has described him as "an actor with the everyman's face who embodied the heartbreakingly human". [Wikipedia]

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