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Oct 1, 2022 · The Crucible, Arthur Miller’s 1953 drama about the Salem witch trials of 1692, is rife with unwavering prejudices, selfish slander, and sickening motives.
Watch The Crucible play online with National Theatre at Home. Speak of the devil and he appears. A witch hunt is beginning in Salem. Raised to be seen and not heard, a group of young women suddenly find their words have a terrible power.
Nov 29, 2023 · Arthur Miller’s gripping parable of power and its abuse – The Crucible is available to stream now. Raised to be seen and not heard, a group of young women su...
Jul 7, 2023 · Set in Salem, Massachusetts, during the 17th century, the plot revolves around the infamous Salem witch trials: a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of sorcery or ‘letting in the devil’.
Sep 29, 2022 · Read our review of The Crucible, a searing new revival of Arthur Miller's play directed by Lyndsey Turner. Water is cascading down onto the Olivier stage, creating a tight, claustrophobic box within which a similar outpouring of accusations is about to rock the small town of Salem.
Mar 12, 2024 · From a psychedelic Anna Karenina, to a playful The Good Person of Szechwan, he refuses to patronise his audience, demanding we work to understand his purpose, evidenced again here with Miller’s 1953 American classic. The play opens with the stage populated by microphones and the auditorium fully lit for a significant portion of the opening scene.
Sep 29, 2022 · In a society riddled with fake news, that bends over backwards to regulate a woman's body, justifying its laws with a magical book, The Crucible is frighteningly relevant. Turner's symbolism and...
Apr 18, 2023 · The National Theatre announced full casting for the highly anticipated West End transfer of director Lyndsey Turner's acclaimed production of The Crucible.
Sep 29, 2022 · As you enter the Olivier Theatre, an actual downpour dominates the stage with real intensity, framing the Puritan sparseness of the tilted platform, surrounded by near-apocalyptic rugged terrain and yawning back to chasm-like darkness which evokes the very “black of some terrible night”.
Luckily, Turner’s ‘The Crucible’ has an unwavering focus and enough brilliant core performances to overcome those niggles. Fisayo Akinade’s quietly crumbling Reverend Hale is a marvel and Nadine...
