Death of a Salesman - Biff's Blog: Day 6

posted by Jeremy Holm

February 3, 2008

Today we began act two and got to somewhere around page 105. Everyone is ready for the day off, but up to the last minute on Sunday night, we were forging ahead. It feels great to have the bones in place so during our next few days away from Salesman we can start hanging the meat. Dreams now invading my thoughts about the play, a good sign. We now shift gears and come back Tuesday to do a first read-through of A View From The Bridge. I am fascinated to know what this will feel like doing two Miller plays at the same time, and to note the differences and similarities in how our directors lead the same cast. A great first week. An amazing amount of work accomplished. Not one of the actors I spoke with is actually taking our day off. Everyone I spoke to has another job, a voice-over, a staged reading, or some other kind of work that they are doing, which reminds me what a labor of love our work is. And now home to watch the Giants beat, or at least test the Patriots!