'The Unattainable American Dream'

The acting is impressive, even though I would question the choice of Hoffman as Willy Loman. There seems to be no build up to his more explosive parts of his dialogue. Hap and Biff are wonderfully portrayed and it is an assured performance by John Malkovich.

As Harold Pinter once said; 'set designers are the bain of any stage-production.' and I happen to think this one is no exception. A particularly poor set, however there isn't much else at fault, with a fairly faithful depiction of Arthur Miller's classic tail of always wanting, but somehow finding the answer just a fingertip too far...