August 16, 1985 –
CBS-TV’s adaptation of the Arthur Miller classic Death of A Salesman, directed by Volker Schlöndorff and starring Dustin Hoffman and John Malkovich premiered on this date.
In the earliest version of the play, Arthur Miller wrote that Willy Loman was insulted when he overheard someone call him a “shrimp“, but changed it to “walrus” when the bulky Lee J. Cobb was cast in the role in the Broadway premiere in 1947. When Dustin Hoffman took the part in the revival, Miller changed the script to include the original line.
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