![]() ![]() ![]() In director Lyndsey Turner’s ( Under Milk Wood, Top Girls) production at the National Theatre, the first major revival of The Crucible seen on the London stage in years, this well-known courtroom scene is quite the vision. When people think of Arthur Miller's 1953 classic about the witch-hunts in Salem, Massachusetts, there’s one dominant scene that comes to mind: hysterical girls – ‘all marvellous pretenders’ – convulsing, fainting and chanting in unison, as if possessed by the devil. The Crucible, National Theatre review ★★★★★ Lyndsey Turner’s production of The Crucible, originally for The National Theatre, is transferring to the West End this June with a new cast of screen favourites including Milly Alcock ( House of the Dragon) as Abigail Williams, Caitlin FitzGerald ( Masters of Sex) as Elizabeth Proctor, and Brian Gleeson ( Bad Sisters) as John Proctor. ![]()
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