A better sort of America
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1759693,00.html
Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible out of a deeper patriotism than that
of McCarthy and his heirs
Roy Hattersley
Monday April 24, 2006
The Guardian
The Crucible has moved from Stratford-upon-Avon to the Gielgud Theatre
in Shaftsbury Avenue, London, accompanied by the critical acclaim that
both the play and the production deserve. Parables are rarely good box
office. But Arthur Miller's genius has made the story of Salem's
literal witch-hunt as compelling as it is prophetic. The Crucible
achieves George Bernard Shaw's ambition to "move the English stage out
of the drawing room into the study". Miller had enough faith in his
audience to believe that they did not regard thought and entertainment
as mutually incompatible activities.
Arthur Miller
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Salem
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Joseph McCarthy
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