Daily Variety

September 30, 1998

Death of a Salesman

by David Mermelstein

By investing Willy’s wife Linda with angry bitterness rather than meek  
protest, Nancy Linehan Charles reverses conventional notions about this  
long-suffering character.  The actress’ tentative delivery sometimes  
mitigates against the power of her portrayal, but it is fascinating,  
and often painful to watch her lash out at sons Biff and Happy rather  
than blame her misguided husband.