This was an excellent and engaging evening. Casting Willy Loman as an African American (played by Wendell Pierce), the co-Directors (Marianne Elliott and Miranda Cromwell) did a particularly fine job of interleafing the flashbacks and the present time. The terrible moment when Biff visits his father in an out-of-town hotel only to find him with The Woman was particularly well conveyed - it is the fulcrum of the play, explaining Biff's current behaviour and attitude and getting the audience to consider Willy's betryal of his loyal wife, Linda (played by Sharon D Clarke).
My only hesitation was the set which was somewhat minimalist and didn't convey the oppressive surrounding of the Loman's home by more recent apartment blocks - a metaphor that was very clear in the RSC production I saw in 2015.
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