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Noises off: Should playwrights bow to directors' changes? by Matt Trueman

Arthur Miller stuck to his guns when asked to change the title of Death of a Salesman. Should modern writers do the same?Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman may be one of the 20th century's most famous plays " but it nearly went by a different name. In a fascinating blog, Nicholas Kazan, the son of Elia Kazan, the play's first director, says Miller's preferred title for the play was almost overruled in favour of the …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:28PM on May 3, 2012

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