The Crucible @ the London Oratory Arts Centre

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THE CRUCIBLE by Arthur Miller
Wednesday 1, Thursday 2, Friday 3 and Saturday 4 June 2005 @ 7:30pm
Matinee performance: Saturday 4 June @ 2:30pm *
London Oratory Arts Centre, London

The Crucible, one of the 20th Century’s best-known plays, uses the 1692 Salem, Massachusetts witch trials as an allegory for equally terrifying events in more recent times.

The trials were based solely on the accusations of one girl who claimed to have witnessed a number of Salem's residents consorting with Satan. Based on her evidence, alleged witches were hanged or pressed to death.

The late Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible in 1953 to highlight McCarthyism, a movement led by Senator Joe McCarthy and his House Committee on Un-American Activities.

McCarthyism centred on the hunting down and exposing of suspected communists. Those found guilty in McCarthy's witch-hunt were not executed, but many suffered irreparable damage to their reputations and careers. Miller himself was targeted.

The Crucible is a powerfully dramatic play that speaks to anyone who has lived in a society where the questioning of authority and of general opinion leads to rejection and punishment, and is as relevant today as when it was first staged.

This new production will be staged at the London Oratory Arts Centre, London, in June and will be directed by Callum O’Neill.
London Oratory Arts Centre, Seagrave Road, Fulham, London SW6 1RX
Bookings: 020 8946 2263 Tickets: £10 (£8 concessions *)

* Saturday matinee school group discount rates:
A group of 10 or more pupils pay £7 each, with the teacher free. Groups of less than 10 pupils pay £7 each with the teacher paying the concession rate of £8.

April 24, 2005