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'... clear and compelling... skilfully performed and deeply satisfying... It is heartening to see a play this good in a production this intelligent and solid.' "This production is blessed and carried by the omnipresence of Sean Taylor as Willy. ... It is a tremendous, tragic performance." "... Director Sandra Bates takes on the meaty play with a stunning cast... a fine production." ‘…what gives Salesman its staying power and has allowed it to grip audiences as far from the United States as Beijing [is] its almost operatic emotional sweep... I could hear people around me not just sniffling but sobbing. I feel sure that audiences for Salesman will be doing the same thing 50 years from now.’ ‘There is a stroke of genius in this production of Arthur Miller’s masterpiece. This honours what Miller has always wanted: a focus on the actors and what happens between them.’
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From 15 May 2008
More than fifty years after its first performance, Arthur Miller’s classic Pulitzer Prize winning play is still an extraordinarily relevant and powerful drama. Willy Loman (Sean Taylor), a down-on-his-luck salesman, is staring into the embers of his American Dream. Linda (Jacki Weaver), his devoted wife, is barely holding the family together as her son Biff (Anthony Gooley) becomes increasingly disillusioned. In contrast, his brother Happy (Tom O'Sullivan) dreams about women…
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