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DEATH OF A SALESMAN
APRIL 19TH - APRIL 29th 2017
By Arthur Miller
The main action takes place in the Lomans’ apartment in Brooklyn in 1949.
Other scenes, (some in flashback), take place in a Boston hotel; Howard’s office; Charley’s office; a restaurant; a cemetery.
Glossary of expressions used in the play
To simonize the car: to polish and wax the car
Nobody dast blame this man: nobody should dare blame this man.
CAST
Willy Loman: Noel Bowler
Linda: Catherine Noone
Biff: David Diebold
Happy: Eric Browne
Bernard (neighbour): Tommy Workman
The Woman: Louise Keating
Charley* (Bernard’s dad): Dave McGloughlin
Ben (Willy’s brother, deceased): Michael McKenna
Howard (Willy’s boss): Geoff McEvoy
Jenny (Charley’s secretary): Kim Boyle
Stanley (waiter): Mick Keogh
Miss Forsythe: Aisling Brennan
Letta: Kim Boyle
*(Biff and Happy call Charley ‘Uncle’,
but it’s just a term of neighbourly familiarity).
CREW
Director: Kevin O’Malley
Stage Manager: Aga Daly
Stage Crew: Adam Burke, Group Members
Continuity: Ruth Whelan
Set Design: Georgina McMahon
Set Construction: Con Bissett, Richie Ryan, Billy Fitzgerald, Lawrence Breen, Eugene Osborne, Paul Jordan,
Liam Shannon, Michael Johnston
Lighting Design: Richard Norman-Wright
Lighting/Sound: Richard Norman-Wright
Eugene Osborne, Ronald Jones, Eric Boyle,
Harry McGloughlin
Wardrobe Mistress: Máire Keogh
Original Music (1949): Alex North
Music Arrangement (2017): Eric Browne
Poster: fastnetgraphics
Programme: Ronald Jones, Kevin O’Malley
Front of House: Martine Healy, Group Members
& Voluntary Helpers
Publicity: Kevin O’Malley, Billy Fitzgerald
Announcements: Carol Boylan
Acknowledgements
Skerries Community College Mission Romania, Skerries Community Centre, Skerries Bookshop, Skerries News,
Greg Reddin, Skerries Hardware, SuperValu, Café Time, Fingal Independent, White’s Agri (pallets supporting raised floors),
Emporium World of Furniture, Drogheda (bed), Andy Geraghty, Brian McMahon, Image Depot,
Print Express (roadside posters), Harry Hire (gas rubber pipe), Skerries Harps, Apache Pizza,
our Patrons and Sponsors.
About Skerries Theatre Group
Founded in 1946, we currently stage three full-length plays per year and enjoy considerable success with our productions at local, national and international level.
We are affiliated with the Drama League of Ireland (DLI) and host the Skerries One-Act Theatre Festival in November each year. We regularly perform in the One-Act Circuit, trekking around Ireland and have collected fantastic experiences, memories and trophies! For more information about the DLI, visit their home site.
Our members come from all walks of life and are aged from 16 to 86.