During World War II, pilot Larry Keller's plane fell from the sky. He was reported missing possibly dead. Three years later, the lives of Larry's family and friends continue in a small American town. His brother, Chris, wrestles with his feelings for Larry's former fiancée. His mother waits with a desperate hope for her lost son to return. And his father, a former employee in the aircraft industry, harbours a dark secret a secret which could have terrible consequences. Arthur Miller's play is a theatrical masterwork, and when the curtain rises, we will find out how people are bound together by family, hope, truth and responsibility and how people can fall apart.

Autorentext
Arthur Miller, geb. 1915 in New York, verbrachte seine Kindheit in Brooklyn und Harlem. Er studierte Publizistik, Anglistik, Literatur- und Theaterwissenschaften. Der große Börsenkrach und die anschließende Weltwirtschaftskrise, deren soziale Auswirkungen er in den 30er Jahren u.a. als Hafen- und Landarbeiter direkt zu spüren bekam, sind Schlüsselerlebnisse für sein Leben und Schreiben. Die Verarbeitung des Themas in 'Death of a Salesman' bringt ihm 1949 Weltruhm. Er erhielt u.a. 1949 den Pulitzerpreis, 2002 den Prinz-von-Asturien-Preis und 2003 den Jerusalem-Preis. 2005 verstarb Arthur Miller.