Fine production of a painful play: Death of a Salesman at the Noel Coward reviewed

Death of a Salesman

Noel Coward Theatre, until 18 July

High Society

Old Vic, until 22 August

Here come the Yanks. As the summer jumbos disgorge their cargoes of wealthy, courteous, culture-hungry Americans, the West End prepares to bag a fortune. Death of a Salesman is just the kind of timeless post-war classic that Americans adore, isn’t it? Not quite. Arthur Miller is mistrusted in his homeland.

Already a subscriber? Log in

Black Friday sale

Subscribe today and get 10 weeks of The Spectator Australia for just $1

Unlimited access to spectator.com.au and app

The weekly edition on the Spectator Australia app

Spectator podcasts and newsletters

Full access to spectator.co.uk

SUBSCRIBE
Cancel any time

Or

Unlock this article

REGISTER

TaggedAmericans, Antony Sher, Arthur miller, Death of a Salesman, Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly, Harriet Walter, high society, Katharine Hepburn, Kevin Spacey, Maria Friedman --, Noël Coward Theatre, Old Vic, The Quare Fellow, Theatre, West end

What to read next

Reinforces the caricatures it sets out to diminish: Slave Play, at the Noël Coward Theatre, reviewed

Lloyd Evans

Faultless visuals – shame about the play: the National’s Coriolanus reviewed

Lloyd Evans

Branagh can’t quite banish the spirit of Noel Edmonds: King Lear, at Wyndham’s Theatre, reviewed

Lloyd Evans

Like an episode of Play School: Dr Semmelweis, at the Harold Pinter Theatre, reviewed

Lloyd Evans

Bizarre and outdated: Word-Play at the Royal Court reviewed

Lloyd Evans

Finally an entertaining play at the Royal Court: Cuckoo reviewed

Lloyd Evans

Comments

Black Friday sale

Subscribe today and get 10 weeks of The Spectator Australia for just $1
SUBSCRIBE
Already a subscriber? Log in

Fine production of a painful play: Death of a Salesman at the Noel Coward reviewed

Plus: Kevin Spacey has destroyed the Old Vic by installing sparkly floors and corny balconies. The theatre’s new production of High Society is similarly nightclubby

Black Friday sale

Subscribe today and get 10 weeks of The Spectator Australia for just $1

Unlock this article

Comments

Black Friday sale

Sign up to The Spectator Australia newsletter

Editor’s picks

Hey, Mr Trump, have we got a deal for you

The flawed genius of Rafael Nadal

Wokeness on its last legs

The winds of change are blowing in Iran

The paper mills helping China commit scientific fraud

How debauchery turns to tragedy in places like Vang Vieng

Sign up to the Morning Double Shot newsletter

Sign up to the Flat White newsletter

Follow us

Fine production of a painful play: Death of a Salesman at the Noel Coward reviewed

Plus: Kevin Spacey has destroyed the Old Vic by installing sparkly floors and corny balconies. The theatre’s new production of High Society is similarly nightclubby

Share This

Unlock this article

What to read next

Reinforces the caricatures it sets out to diminish: Slave Play, at the Noël Coward Theatre, reviewed

Faultless visuals – shame about the play: the National’s Coriolanus reviewed

Branagh can’t quite banish the spirit of Noel Edmonds: King Lear, at Wyndham’s Theatre, reviewed

Like an episode of Play School: Dr Semmelweis, at the Harold Pinter Theatre, reviewed

Bizarre and outdated: Word-Play at the Royal Court reviewed

Finally an entertaining play at the Royal Court: Cuckoo reviewed

Comments

Black Friday sale

Sign up to The Spectator Australia newsletter

Editor’s picks

Hey, Mr Trump, have we got a deal for you

The flawed genius of Rafael Nadal

Wokeness on its last legs

The winds of change are blowing in Iran

The paper mills helping China commit scientific fraud

How debauchery turns to tragedy in places like Vang Vieng

Sign up to the Morning Double Shot newsletter

Sign up to the Flat White newsletter

Follow us