The Crucible at the Abbey
http://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whatson/crucible.html
Wednesday 6th June (a week away from today)
Let me know by Friday if you’d like to come!
Some other links for ye:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials
http://faculty.biu.ac.il/~barilm/witches.html
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SAL_CRU.HTM
marcas
ps: I’ve just migrated email clients, and I’ve tried to tidy up the email list… as usual, if you’re on it and don’t want to be, or know someone who’d like to, please let me know.
4 comments:
Hi all,
firstly, there’s a ticket a-begging to the theatre tonight, if anyone is interested..?..?..?
marcas
The number of stars is 4. The judges' decision is final, lest corruption ensue.
Was there any colour on stage?.. besides the brown skin of Abigail and Titiuba?.. the loaf of bread, the gruel?..
Was there a sentence that was not either declaimed, or whispered in hushed reverence?.. an arm gesture that was not open-palmed, stretch-fingered?
Did Abigail reveal her motive in open court? Did deputy-governor Danforth see anything he did not want to see?
For which sin did John die? Is there a funnier joke than "more weight"?
After a week of deep contemplation, now I am ready to comment on this weighty play ...
Really enjoyable and on reflection my score goes up from 4 to 4.5. I agree with Heather that it dragged at the end but that is minor.
As Eileen Battersby said of her interview with Miller, this is a play about commitment - to a cause, to religion, to our own prejudices.
Written to shine a light on the Committee for UnAmerican Activities (the McCarthy hearings), is it relevant today. Guantanamo anyone? The War on Terror? It shows that a good idea never dates.
Revenge was another theme - Abigail's for having being rejected by John and how she used the commitment (prejudices, even) of others to further her own agenda. Still relevant today.
Here's a connection I've just come across: Mary Bradbury was condemned but not hung at Salem, and is (was) the great great (etc) grandmother of Ray Bradbury, who wrote Fahrenheit 451 (and others), partially because of his heritage, but also during the UnAmerican Activities era.
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