SALESMAN IN CHINA

In the main rehearsal room of the Beijing People’s Art Theatre in 1983, the actors have just completed their first read-through of a Chinese translation of Arthur Miller’s Great American Drama, “Death of a Salesman”. Legendary actor Ying Ruocheng, who plays Willy Loman in the production, thanks the company before introducing the guest of honour, Arthur Miller, who has just arrived in China, with his wife Inge Morath, to direct the play. The eyes of the world are fixed on the production, which signals a thawing in the two nations’ icy relations.