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Arthur Miller's writing, Yael Farber's direction and Richard Artimitage's performance combine together to create an unforgettable viewing experience.

As group hysteria is unleashed good people suffer and the community turns in on itself. Movie rating: 6.8 / 10 (37280) Directed by: Nicholas Hytner - Arthur Miller.

He also wrote the screen play adaptation. The movie is based on the play 'The Crucible' by Arthur Miller. His portrayal of John Proctor delivers a man who is physically strong but has allowed a moment of weakness to undermine his marriage and sense of self. The movie is centered around the Salem Massachusetts witch trials of 1692.

Includes unlimited streaming via the Bandcamp app, plus download in mp3. Arthur Asher Miller was an American playwright and essayist. It's lead, Richard Armitage, was nominated for an Olivier award for his performance and in my opinion only missed out because Mark Strong's performance was delivered in an American accent. The Crucible - January by Gabriel Sullivan, released 31 January 2014 1. This is a very intense and powerful interpretation with a brilliant cast. Lust and betrayal against the backdrop of the Salem witch trials. With Richard Armitage, Harry Attwell, Samantha Colley, Marama Corlett. It is a filmed within the theatre so everything takes place on stage, but the camera-work is not static and takes you into the performance. The Crucible: Directed by Yal Farber, Robert Delamere. He honestly didn't notice until we were walking home and he checked time! From the onset you engage with this production. В A L.A.I wanted to go to London to see this play but couldn't, then I saw it listed in local cinema and persuaded my husband to accompany me, not telling him length was 3 hours. Most moving is Stacy Keach as John Proctor, who fights to salvage some good from the trials that destroy Salem." The 1692 Salem witch trials are brought vividly to life in this compelling adaptation of Arthur Miller's play, directed by Nicholas Hytner, which stars Danie. The young girls playing at witchcraft shriek in irregular counterpoint to the quiet, terrifying judgments rendered by Reverend Harris (Michael York), and doubt is ever more audible in the voice of Reverend Hale (Richard Dreyfuss). The star-studded cast ratchets the tension to a disturbing level as the town disintegrates. In a searing portrait of a community engulfed by panic - withВ ruthless prosecutors, and neighbors eager to testify against neighbor - The Crucible famously mirrors the anti-Communist hysteria that held the United States in its grip in the 1950’s.Īudiofile Magazine review: "At once an allegory of the 1950s' anti-communist witch hunts and a spotlight on seventeenth-century witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts, this play shows how ignorance and good intentions can interweave to destroy lives. In the rigid theocracy of Salem, Massachusetts, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town. Richard Dreyfuss and Stacy Keach stars in Arthur Miller’s classic The Crucible, a central work in the canon of American drama that remains required reading in most high school and college English courses.