Arthur Miller in Erzurum

Year 2015, Issue: 41, 25 - 29, 01.04.2015

David Espey

Abstract

Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman has been performed in many countries, but Turkish audiences seem to have a special attachment to the play, especially in Erzurum, where it has been performed many times at Atatürk University. I attended one memorable performance there some years ago, and on a recent visit to Erzurum, I learned that a staging of Miller’s The Crucible was being planned. It will be interesting to see how The Crucible, about conflicts between justice and religious vision in Puritan America centuries ago, will be received by a contemporary Turkish audience

Keywords

Arthur Miller, Puritanism, cross-cultural, Turkey, theater

References

• Miller, Arthur. Salesman in Beijing. New York: Viking, 1984. Print.
• Raw, Laurence. “Evolving Attitudes to the American Dream: Death of a Salesman in the Turkish Context.” European Journal of American Studies 3.1 (2008). Web. 16 Oct. 2014.