Death Of A Salesman – Young Vic

“I don’t say he’s a great man…but he’s a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid. He’s not to be allowed to fall in his grave like an old dog. Attention, attention must finally be paid to such a person.”

Following her recent award-winning success for Company and Angels in AmericaMarianne Elliott co-directs with Miranda Cromwell, (Associate Director on Company and Angels in America), bringing a unique vision to one of the greatest plays of the twentieth century, seen through the eyes of an African American family.

Wendell Pierce (The Wire, Suits, Selma) makes his UK stage debut as Willy Loman, with Olivier Award-winning Sharon D. Clarke as Linda Loman and Arinzé Kene (Misty, Been So Long) as Biff Loman. They are joined by Ian Bonar as Bernard, Trevor Cooper as Charley, Martins Imhangbe as Happy Loman, Joseph Mydell as Ben Loman, Nenda Neurer as Letta, Jennifer Saayeng as Miss Forsythe, Matthew Seadon-Young as Howard Wagner and Stanley, and Maggie Service as The Woman and Jenny.

26 September 2018 - 30 March 2019
at Gielgud Theatre, London

★★★★★
REINVENTION OF A MASTERPIECE
THE TELEGRAPH

★★★★★
FRESH REVIVAL OF AN OLD GREAT
THE TIMES

★★★★★
A PHENOMENAL PRODUCTION THAT UNQUESTIONABLY FINDS NEW DEPTHS TO THE PLAY
TIME OUT

★★★★★
FRESH, COMPASSIONATE AND ULTIMATELY DEVASTATING
EVENING STANDARD

★★★★★
A TRANSFORMATIVE, BRILLIANT STAGING WHICH OFFERS A DAZZLING NEW LOOK AT A DAZZLING PLAY
WHATSONSTAGE