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2021-08-13 10:45
The drama "The Death of a Salesman", starring Lü Liang and Song Yining, is recently being staged at the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center and Art Theatre. Hailed as one of the best plays of the twentieth century in the United States, the play was the first in the world to win three major drama awards at the Pulitzer Prize, the Tony Award, and the New York Drama Critics Award.
The play Death of a Salesman tells the story of the 24-hour period before the death of Willie Lowman, an American salesman in the 1930s and 1940s. In his prime, he was reliable and social, his wife Linda ran the house, and his two sons, Biff and Happi, made him proud. However, as time passes, his good fortune seems to be leaving him, and his life is gradually out of control...
The play intersperses the glory of Willy's youth with the current loneliness, and the life dilemma of the small people is also a true portrayal of the background of the big era. But director Lin Yi said that this work is still a story about "love". The drama "Death of a Salesman" will be staged at the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center and Art Theater until August 22nd, so don't miss it!
(Look at the news Knows reporter: Yu Ruijuan Intern Editor: Xu Xiaomei)