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\textsc{willy}: Don't interrupt. \emph{To Biff:} Sporting goods? | \textsc{willy}: Don't interrupt. \emph{To Biff:} Sporting goods? | ||
| − | \textsc{biff}: I guess so. | + | \textsc{biff}: I guess so. I know something about it and--- |
| − | \textsc{willy}: How much is he giving you? | + | \textsc{willy}: He knows something about it! How much is he giving you? |
\textsc{biff}: I don't know, I didn't even see him yet, but--- | \textsc{biff}: I don't know, I didn't even see him yet, but--- | ||
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\textsc{happy}: And if you wanted to go off for a swim or somethin'---well, you'd do it! Without some smart cooky gettin' up ahead of you! | \textsc{happy}: And if you wanted to go off for a swim or somethin'---well, you'd do it! Without some smart cooky gettin' up ahead of you! | ||
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| + | \textsc{willy}: Lick the world! | ||
\textsc{biff}: I'll see Oliver tomorrow. Hap, if we could work that out. . . | \textsc{biff}: I'll see Oliver tomorrow. Hap, if we could work that out. . . | ||
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\textsc{linda}: He loved you! | \textsc{linda}: He loved you! | ||
| − | \textsc{willy}, \emph{to Linda:} Will you stop! \emph{To Biff:} Walk in very serious. You are not applying for a boy's job. Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money. | + | \textsc{willy}, \emph{to Linda:} Will you stop! \emph{To Biff:} Walk in very serious. You are not applying for a boy's job. Money is to pass. Be quiet, fine, and serious. Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money. |
\textsc{happy}: I'll try to get some myself, Biff. I'm sure I can. | \textsc{happy}: I'll try to get some myself, Biff. I'm sure I can. | ||
| − | \textsc{willy}: I see great things for you kids. But remember, start big and you'll end big. How much you gonna ask for? | + | \textsc{willy}: I see great things for you kids, I think your troubles are over. But remember, start big and you'll end big. How much you gonna ask for? |
\textsc{biff}: Ten, I think, would be top though. | \textsc{biff}: Ten, I think, would be top though. | ||
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\textsc{willy}: Will you let me talk? | \textsc{willy}: Will you let me talk? | ||
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| + | \textsc{biff}: Don't yell at her, Pop, will ya? | ||
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| + | \textsc{willy}, \emph{angrily:} I was talking, wasn't I? | ||
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| + | \textsc{biff}: I don't like you yelling at her all the time, and I'm tellin' you, that's all. | ||
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| + | \textsc{willy}: What're you, takin' over this house? | ||
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| + | \textsc{linda}: Willy--- | ||
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| + | \textsc{willy}, \emph{turning on her}: Don't take his side all the time, goddammit! | ||
\textsc{biff}, \emph{furiously:} Stop yelling at her! | \textsc{biff}, \emph{furiously:} Stop yelling at her! | ||
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\textsc{willy}, \emph{suddenly pulling on his cheek, beaten down, guilt ridden:} Give my best to Bill Oliver---he may remember me. \emph{He exits through the living-room doorway.} | \textsc{willy}, \emph{suddenly pulling on his cheek, beaten down, guilt ridden:} Give my best to Bill Oliver---he may remember me. \emph{He exits through the living-room doorway.} | ||
| − | \textsc{linda}, \emph{her voice subdued:} What'd you have to start that for? \emph{Biff turns away. She goes over to Biff.} Come up and say good night to him. Don't let him go to bed that way. | + | \textsc{linda}, \emph{her voice subdued:} What'd you have to start that for? \emph{Biff turns away.} You see how sweet he was as soon as you talked hopefully? \emph{She goes over to Biff.} Come up and say good night to him. Don't let him go to bed that way. |
\textsc{happy}: Come on, Biff, let's buck him up. | \textsc{happy}: Come on, Biff, let's buck him up. | ||
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\textsc{biff}, \emph{steamed up}: You know, with ten thousand bucks, boy! | \textsc{biff}, \emph{steamed up}: You know, with ten thousand bucks, boy! | ||
| − | \textsc{happy}, \emph{as they go into the living-room:} That's the talk, Biff, that's the first time I've heard the old confidence out of you! \emph{They | + | \textsc{happy}, \emph{as they go into the living-room:} That's the talk, Biff, that's the first time I've heard the old confidence out of you! \emph{From within the living-room, fading off:} You're gonna live with me, kid, and any babe you want just say the word . . . \emph{The last lines are hardly heard. They are mounting the stairs to their parents' bedroom.} |
\emph{Linda enters her bedroom. Willy is in the bathroom; she is straightening the bed for him.} | \emph{Linda enters her bedroom. Willy is in the bathroom; she is straightening the bed for him.} | ||
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\textsc{linda}, \emph{calling after them:} Sleep well! | \textsc{linda}, \emph{calling after them:} Sleep well! | ||
| − | \textsc{willy}: God. . . remember | + | \textsc{willy}: God. . . remember that Ebbets Field game? The championship of the city? When that team came out---he was the tallest, remember? |
\textsc{linda}: Oh, yes. And in gold. | \textsc{linda}: Oh, yes. And in gold. | ||
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\emph{Biff enters the darkened kitchen, takes a cigarette, and leaves the house. He comes downstage into a golden pool of light. He smokes, staring at the night.} | \emph{Biff enters the darkened kitchen, takes a cigarette, and leaves the house. He comes downstage into a golden pool of light. He smokes, staring at the night.} | ||
| − | \textsc{willy}: Like a young god. Remember how he waved to me? Right up from the field, with the representatives of three colleges standing by? And the cheers when he came out---Loman, Loman, Loman! God Almighty, he'll be great yet. | + | \textsc{willy}: Like a young god. And the sun, the sun all around him. Remember how he waved to me? Right up from the field, with the representatives of three colleges standing by? And the cheers when he came out---Loman, Loman, Loman! God Almighty, he'll be great yet. A star like that, magnificent, can never really fade away! |
\emph{The light on Willy is fading. The gas heater begins to glow through the kitchen wall, near the stairs, a blue flame beneath red coils.} | \emph{The light on Willy is fading. The gas heater begins to glow through the kitchen wall, near the stairs, a blue flame beneath red coils.} | ||
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| + | \textsc{linda}, \emph{timidly:} Willy dear, what has he got against you? | ||
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| + | \textsc{willy}: I'm so tired. Don't talk any more. | ||
\emph{Biff slowly returns to the kitchen. He stops, stares toward the heater.} | \emph{Biff slowly returns to the kitchen. He stops, stares toward the heater.} | ||
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\textsc{linda}: You look so rested, dear. | \textsc{linda}: You look so rested, dear. | ||
| − | \textsc{willy}: I slept like a dead one. First time in months. Boys left nice and early, heh? | + | \textsc{willy}: I slept like a dead one. First time in months. Imagine, sleeping till ten on a Tuesday morning. Boys left nice and early, heh? |
\textsc{linda}: They were out of here by eight o'clock. | \textsc{linda}: They were out of here by eight o'clock. | ||
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\textsc{willy}: Good work! | \textsc{willy}: Good work! | ||
| − | \textsc{linda}: It was so thrilling to see them leaving together. | + | \textsc{linda}: It was so thrilling to see them leaving together. I can't get over the shaving lotion in this house! |
\textsc{willy}, \emph{smiling:} Mmm--- | \textsc{willy}, \emph{smiling:} Mmm--- | ||
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\emph{Willy gets up from the table. Linda holds his jacket for him.} | \emph{Willy gets up from the table. Linda holds his jacket for him.} | ||
| − | \textsc{willy}: | + | \textsc{willy}: There's no question, no question at all. Gee, on the way home tonight I'd like to buy some seeds. |
\textsc{linda}, \emph{laughing:} That'd be wonderful. But not enough sun gets back there. Nothing'll grow any more. | \textsc{linda}, \emph{laughing:} That'd be wonderful. But not enough sun gets back there. Nothing'll grow any more. | ||
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\textsc{willy}: And they'll get married, and come for a weekend. I'd build a little guest house. | \textsc{willy}: And they'll get married, and come for a weekend. I'd build a little guest house. | ||
| − | \textsc{linda}, \emph{joyfully:} I sewed the lining. . . You going to talk to Howard today? | + | \textsc{linda}, \emph{joyfully:} I sewed the lining. . . |
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| + | \textsc{willy}: Did he decide how much he's going to ask Oliver for? | ||
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| + | \textsc{linda}, \emph{getting him into the jacket:} He didn't mention it, but I imagine ten or fifteen thousand. You going to talk to Howard today? | ||
\textsc{willy}: Yeah. I'll put it to him straight and simple. He'll just have to take me off the road. | \textsc{willy}: Yeah. I'll put it to him straight and simple. He'll just have to take me off the road. | ||
| − | \textsc{linda}: And Willy, don't forget to ask for a little advance, because we've got the insurance premium. Because we're a little short again. | + | \textsc{linda}: And Willy, don't forget to ask for a little advance, because we've got the insurance premium. That's a hundred and eight, sixty-eight. Because we're a little short again. |
\textsc{willy}: Why are we short? | \textsc{willy}: Why are we short? | ||
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\textsc{linda}: It's an accomplishment. | \textsc{linda}: It's an accomplishment. | ||
| − | \textsc{willy}: All the | + | \textsc{willy}: All the cement, the lumber, the reconstruction I put in this house! There ain't a crack to be found in it any more. |
\textsc{linda}: Well, it served its purpose. | \textsc{linda}: Well, it served its purpose. | ||
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\textsc{willy}: What purpose? Some stranger'll come along, move in, and that's that. If only Biff would take this house, and raise a family. . . \emph{He starts to go.} Good-by, I'm late. | \textsc{willy}: What purpose? Some stranger'll come along, move in, and that's that. If only Biff would take this house, and raise a family. . . \emph{He starts to go.} Good-by, I'm late. | ||
| − | \textsc{linda}, \emph{suddenly remembering:} Oh, I forgot! You're supposed to meet them for dinner. At Frank's Chop House on Forty-eighth near Sixth Avenue. | + | \textsc{linda}, \emph{suddenly remembering:} Oh, I forgot! You're supposed to meet them for dinner. At Frank's Chop House on Forty-eighth near Sixth Avenue. |
| − | \textsc{willy}: That's really somethin'. I'm gonna knock Howard for a loop, kid. I'll get an advance, and I'll come home with a New York job. Goddammit, now I'm gonna do it! | + | \textsc{willy}: Is that so! How about you? |
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| + | \textsc{linda}: No, just the three of you. They're gonna blow you to a big meal! | ||
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| + | \textsc{willy}: Gee whiz! That's really somethin'. I'm gonna knock Howard for a loop, kid. I'll get an advance, and I'll come home with a New York job. Goddammit, now I'm gonna do it! | ||
\textsc{linda}: It's changing, Willy, I can feel it changing! | \textsc{linda}: It's changing, Willy, I can feel it changing! | ||
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\emph{Linda hides the stocking in her hand as she follows Willy across the forestage in front of the house.} | \emph{Linda hides the stocking in her hand as she follows Willy across the forestage in front of the house.} | ||
| − | \textsc{willy}: Well, don't work hard today. \emph{He disappears around the right corner of the house.} | + | \textsc{linda}: Remember, Frank's Chop House. |
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| + | \textsc{willy}: Yeah. Well, don't work hard today. \emph{He disappears around the right corner of the house.} | ||
\textsc{linda}: Be careful! | \textsc{linda}: Be careful! | ||
