Painful truths in Miller’s tragicomedy sting audience at National Theatre

Opiyo (Ken Aswani) and Juliet (Fulky Agnes enjoying themselves at Karura forest on a picnic. [Photo: Standard]

Opiyo takes the stage with raw youthful love for a girl he should never be involved with. This insatiable flame would push him to do the unimaginable. There would be murder, tears and later joy. But when it is a little too late.

The scenes that follow in the two-hour drama would test Opiyo’s love for Juliet to the limits. Juliet, who fights her own battles at home is a beautiful innocent girl he bumps into accidentally at a masquerade party.