Arthur Miller's "The Crucible"

THE CRUCIBLE
by Arthur Miller
Directed by Matthew Watson

Written during Joe McCarthy’s anticommunist trials in America, this classic tale of the witch hunts in colonial New England still stands as a powerful parable against the politics of fear. When young women are discovered trying to conjure spirits, the God-fearing people of Salem, Massachusetts are told the devil is in their midst and must be rooted out at all costs. Accusations fly, scores are settled, and fear and suspicion reign. While brilliantly exploring the threshold between individual guilt and mass hysteria, personal spite and collective evil, The Crucible compels us to fathom our hearts and consciences in ways that only the greatest theatre can.