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April 11, 2025REQUIEMREQUIEMcharley: It’s getting dark, Linda.[linda doesn’t react. She stares at the grave.]13 minPlay
April 11, 2025ACT TWOACT TWOMusic is heard, gay and bright. The curtain rises as the music fadesaway.[willy, in shirt sleeves, is sitting at the kitchen table, sippingcoffee, his hat in his lap. linda is filling his cup whenshe can.]31 minPlay
April 11, 2025ACT ONEACT ONEA melody is heard, played upon a flute. It is small and fine, tellingof grass and trees and the horizon. The curtain rises.Before us is the salesman’s house. We are aware of towering,angular shapes behind it, surrounding it on all sides.26 minPlay
April 11, 2025INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTIONThe Depression of the 1930s seemed to break the promisesAmerica had made to its citizens. The stock market crash of1929, it was assumed, ended a particular version of history:24 minPlay