Have you ever felt like you’re in a kind of limbo? Like you’re living but nothing seems to change? Maybe the past two years of working, socialising, and living from home have felt like that. Daniel Keene’s 2010 existential play speaks directly to the experience of aimlessness that has become so familiar.
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Willy Loman is reaching the end of his tether: his job isn’t getting any easier even as he approaches retirement age, neither of his promising sons has made a success of himself yet, and seeing the financial strain on his wife makes him sick. None of the grand plans Willy had for his life have come to fruition but that won’t stop his scheming. Arthur Miller’s classic play takes a hard look at the American dream and the masculinity and mediocrity that underpin it.
Night Writes 