Death of a Salesman, King Lear, and Oedipus Rex: Lies and Myths.
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7 min readJan 27, 2022
‘I believe that the common man is as apt a subject for tragedy in its highest sense as kings were.’
— Arthur Miller, ‘Tragedy and the Common Man’
I was, only a few short days ago, channel-hopping to find something half decent to watch when I literally stumbled upon BBC Four and a repeat showing of an interview of Anthony Sher…