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Resonant dramatic autopsy on the death of the American Dream
Conflicted: Ashley Zhangazha (Biff) and Don Warrington (Willy Loman)
[Johan Persson]
SIMON DUFF relishes the cross contamination of Damien Hirst’s greatest hits by street artists from France and the US
In view of the grooming gangs inquiry, SIMON PARSONS feels the relevance of this powerful examination of trauma suffered at Medomsley Youth Detention Centre
JOHN GREEN doubts the motivations of a US war photographer who never questions why, or for whom, she is producing images of imperialist conflict
MARIA DUARTE reviews Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Hedda, The Mastermind, and Regretting You
TONY CONWAY welcomes a thrilling and concise history of Hope not Hate, that is also a manual full of tactical advice
PAUL DONOVAN welcomes an inspiring account of living with deafness that has important lessons for the treatment of deaf people in today’s UK
Death of a Salesmen
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
MILLIONS of US citizens believe that the their constitution enshrines the right of “every citizen to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination and individual initiative.”
But the reality of the American Dream is very different. Achieving it is exclusively for the 1 per cent.
Willy Loman, the poor schmuck at the centre of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, is determined, works hard and instils in his sons the importance of achieving success. Yet, after 36 years criss-crossing New England trying to sell whatever wares his bosses want sold, his reward is to be reduced to earning his corn through commission only.
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PAUL FOLEY recommends an extraordinary double bill that packs a punch and leaves you reeling
PETER MASON applauds a thought-provoking study of the relationship between a grieving woman and her photographer
PAUL FOLEY applauds a faultless musical that tells the tragic real-life story of working-class winners of the football pools