(It’s being presented in two parts, each running three-plus hours, with two intermissions in each part.) As the SpeakEasy production entered its final stretch, my companion remarked: “I’ve been watching this play for five hours, and I don’t want it to end.” Much of the audience, grouped in three sides around a rectangular stage, seemed of like mind. Yet the tale López tells is an important one, and it’s no small feat that “The Inheritance” is seldom less than engrossing for most of its 6½ hours. Consequently, “The Inheritance” ultimately proves more impressive in concept and ambition than in execution.
Intent on covering the sizable dramatic territory he has staked out for himself, populated with nearly three dozen characters, López too often sacrifices depth for narrative speed.
