Camdram

    presents...

    The Crucible
    By Arthur Miller

    19:00, Tue 7th – Sat 11th November 2006 at The Round Church
    Michaelmas Week 5

    “A fire, a fire is burning! I hear the boot of Lucifer, I see his filthy face!” The small theocratic community of Salem is stirred in to madness after some young girls are accused of consorting with the devil. A terrifying witch-hunt ensues, fed by superstition, paranoia and malice, culminating in a violent climax. Miller’s classic parable of mass hysteria draws a chilling parallel between the Salem witch-hunt of 1692 and the McCarthyism which gripped America in the 1950s. It is a savage attack on the evils of mindless persecution and the terrifying power of false accusations.

    This production is a Cambridge first, as it will be staged in the famous Round Church; performed in-the-round creating a powerful atmosphere which forces the audience to suffer the hysteria themselves.

    Cast

    Betty
    Mr Parris
    Tituba
    Abigail
    Mr Putnam/Sarah Good
    Thomas Putnam
    Mercy Lewis
    John Proctor
    Rebecca Nurse
    Giles Corey
    Mr Hale
    Elizabeth
    Francis Nurse
    Mr Cheever
    Danforth
    Mary Warren

    Production Team

    Producer
    Director
    Technical Director
    Costumes & Set – ,
    Carpenter –
    Make-up –