Details

Salem, Massachusetts 1692. When the stories of three local girls are taken as gospel, a small village populated by Puritans and petty local rivalries, is thrown into panic by talk of witchcraft. The community begins to purge itself, and as accusations fly suspicion alone is accepted as evidence. Written during the vigorous and unscrupulous investigations of Senator J R McCarthy in 1950's America. The Crucible is a timeless portrayal of communal hysteria and the evil of mindless persecution. Age 13+

Cast/Performers

Steven Beard (Giles Corey), Jim Bywater (Judge Hathorne), Tim Chipping (Thomas Putman), Lynette Clarke (Tituba), Dominic Gately (Ezekiel Cheever), David Killick (Francis Nurse), Verity Kirk (Mary Warren), Martin Marquez (John Proctor), Joseph Mydell (Gov. Giles Danforth), Kate Phillips (Abigail Williams), Corinna Powlesland (Ann Putnam / Sarah Good), Daniel Poyser (John Hale), Marlene Sidaway (Rebecca Nurse), Susie Trayling (Elizabeth Proctor), Alan Williams (Reverend Samuel Parris)

Creatives/Company

Author: Arthur Miller
Producer: West Yorkshire Playhouse
Director(s): James Brining, Anna Morrissey (movement), Lotte Hines (casting)
Design: Colin Richmond
Lighting: Colin Grenfell
Sound(s): David Shrubsole, Ian Trollope (associate sound designer)
Music: David Shrubsole
Other: Tim Charrington (dialect coach)
Stage Manager(s): Michell Booth, Richard Lodge (Deputy), Samantha Krylonsky (assistant), Loren Rayner (assistant)