Performances will be held at Beatrice Herford’s Vokes Theatre, Route 20 in Wayland, MA from July 21st through August 6th Thursday-Saturday evenings at 8PM with a 2PM matinee on Saturdays, July 30th & August 6th. For tickets and information call 508-358-4034, or order online via our website www.vokesplayers.org. Ticket prices are $18.00 for Thursday evenings & Saturday matinees; $22.00 for Friday & Saturday evenings.
“Arthur Miller has written a superb drama. From every point of view Death of a Salesman is rich and memorable drama. . . . Mr. Miller has looked with compassion into the hearts of some ordinary Americans and quietly transferred their hope and anguish to the theatre.”— Brooks Atkinson in the New York Times, February 11, 1949.
On that first night in 1949, Death of a Salesman took its place as arguably the finest American play ever written. Uniquely American in vision and theme, Salesman is America’s mirror held up to nature, the prism through which the American Dream displays its many and varied colors. Although the passing years have altered the circumstances around us, the theme of a flawed man facing his greatest fear – failure – is truly timeless, and universal. Willy Loman is as tragic as any Shakespearean hero, but he doesn’t live in a castle; he lives next door and his troubles are a lot like yours.
The historic Beatrice Herford’s Vokes Theatre in Wayland is one of the truly unique cultural and historical resources in Metrowest. The Vokes Players is a non-profit theatrical organization. Death of a Salesman is the fourth production of our 2015-16 season; our 318th production to date. The theatre is wheelchair accessible. For more information about the Vokes Players, visit our website –www.vokesplayers.org.
