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Death of a Salesman v the death of directing by Lyn Gardner

As the recent ruckus over Arthur Miller's Salesman demonstrates, literary estates tend to be hugely protective of late authors' texts. But shouldn't a good play be open to fresh interpretation?Have you seen the version of Death of a Salesman in which Willy gasses himself? Or the Streetcar Named Desire that happens to feature the shower scene from Psycho? I saw the latter at the Berlin's Volksbühne back in 2003, but …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:43PM on October 29, 2012

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