"Death of a Salesman" is a

television play A television play is a television programming genre which is a drama performance broadcast from a multi-camera television studio, usually live in the early days of television but later recorded to tape. This is in contrast to a television mov ...

episode of the

BBC One BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, ...

anthology television series ''

Play of the Month ''Play of the Month'' is a BBC television anthology series, which ran from 1965 to 1983 featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays (or adaptations) which were usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different wo ...

'', based on the 1949 play of the same name by

Arthur Miller 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'' (1 ...

. It was directed by Alan Cooke, starred Rod Steiger as

Willy Loman William "Willy" Loman is a fictional character and the protagonist of Arthur Miller's play ''Death of a Salesman'', which debuted on Broadway with Lee J. Cobb playing Loman at the Morosco Theatre on February 10, 1949. Loman is a 63-year-old t ...

. and originally aired on 24 May 1966 The production gained two BAFTA nominations. Despite this, a recording does not seem to have survived."Missing episode in programme" ''Play of the Month'': 24.05.66 "Death of A Salesman" (missing)
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Cast

* Rod Steiger as Willy Loman *

Betsy Blair Betsy Blair (born Elizabeth Winifred Boger; December 11, 1923March 13, 2009) was an American actress of film and stage, long based in London. Blair pursued a career in entertainment from the age of eight, and as a child worked as an amateur danc ...

as Linda * Joss Ackland as Charley * Tony Bill as Biff * Kenneth J. Warren as Uncle Ben * Brian Davies as Happy * Clive Endersby as Bernard * David Healy as Edward Wagner * Marc Farren as Stanley * Diana Ashley as Miss Forsythe *

Lyndel Rowe Lyndel Rowe is an Australian actress of stage, television and film, who is best known for her work with the Melbourne Theatre Company, the Sydney Theatre Company and the State Theatre Company of South Australia, and for her role as Karen Fox/ ...

as Letta * Marcella Markham as Woman

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* 1966 television plays BBC television dramas Lost BBC episodes Lost television episodes Play of the Month {{tv-episode-stub