The show, in previews, opens Thursday.īut the actor says "there are threads and arteries" connecting the worlds of Miller and J.R.R. "I can feel that the audience are breathing his breath as they watch the play," Armitage said. Armitage says the "The Hobbit" is "a big machine that you get to play a little cog in." In "The Crucible," Proctor - decent, tormented and flawed - is the center of the audience's attention. The play recounts the mania that swept a community of colonists in 1692, which resulted in 20 people being executed for witchcraft. The British actor - dwarf warrior Thorin Oakenshield in Peter Jackson's "Hobbit" trilogy - is now starring at London's Old Vic Theatre as John Proctor, the decent man in a world gone mad in "The Crucible," Arthur Miller's modern classic about the Salem witch trials. I finished this book embarrassed that humanity could stoop to such levels, even is less enlightened times.LONDON (AP) - It's a long way from Middle Earth to 17th-century Massachusetts, but Richard Armitage has made the journey - and found a surprising link. “Well written, and the actors did a great job. This is also well acted by some of my favorites like Dreyfus.” – Pomogirl The terrible, illogical abuse of power in this Salem witch trial is still apropos today as we watch politicians sacrifice people like gays, minorities, and women to make themselves more powerful, more popular with the so called “base.” Unfortunately, this play will probably always be apropos given the cowardice of so many people in the face of power. “Though it isn’t always easy to understand each word in heated moments of the play, this is a tough, necessary piece to watch or listen to. It is based on the classic and award winning play and film about one of the darkest time in American history that transpired during the witch hunts in Salem, Massachusetts. The Crucible is a classic and award winning tale that perfectly tells the tale of two similar times in American history. It shows a chilling portrait of man’s cruelty to others and how paranoia, mistrust, envy and hate can lead to the suffering of the many. Arthur Miller mirrored The Crucible towards the anti-communist hysteria that plagued the country during the 1950’s. The Crucible is based upon the tragic and unfair trials that led to the death of several townsfolk in Salem, Massachusetts.
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