The Crucible (Audio Theatre Series)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.22 (889 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1580812198 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 2 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: Richard Dreyfuss, Stacy Keach, Irene Arranga, Rene Auberjonois, Ed Begley, Jr, Georgia Brown, Jack Coleman, Bud Cort, Judyann Elder, Hector Elizondo, Fionnula Flanagan, Ann Hearn, Carol Kane, Anna Sophie Loewenberg, Marian Mercer, Franklyn Seales, Madolyn Smith, Joe Spano and Michael York. In the rigid theocracy of Salem, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town's most basic fears and suspicions. The ruthlessness of the prosecutors and the eagerness of neighbor to testify against neighbor brilliantly illuminate the destruc
Theatre Works actors give performances that are intense, chilling and deeply moving. The star-studded cast ratchets the tension to a disturbing level as the town disintegrates. --Tom Jacobs, The Daily News, April 10, 1988At once an allegory of the 1950s' anti-communist witch hunts and a spotlight on seventeenth-century witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts, this play shows how ignorance and good intentions can interweave to destroy lives. --AudioFile Magazine. Under Martin Jenkins' direction, the brilliant L.A. The young girls playing at witchcraft shriek in irregular counterpoint to the quiet, terrifying judgments rendered by Reverend Harris (Michael York), and doubt is ever more audible in the voice of Reverend Hale (Richard Dreyfuss). Most moving is Stacy Keach as John Proctor, who fights to salvage some good from the trials that destroy Sale
. Arthur Miller was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1949 for Death of a Salesman. Arthur Miller's first success came in 1947 with All My Sons for which he won the New York Drama Critics Circle award. His next play, Death of a Salesman, stunned audiences with its brilliance and was quickly became a classic of the modern theatre. It also sparked heated debates over the true
I highly recommend this excellent work by Mr Ronald D. Johnson The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a very well written account of the Salem Witch Trials and provides an incredible portrait of the complexities of the human soul. It's hard to believe that people allowed this travesty to occur. Are there people today who would fall into this t. "One of the masterpieces of US drama. Although it" according to Conrad Hamanaka. One of the masterpieces of US drama. Although it has four acts it flowed forcefully from the first to last page. A must for anyone interested in the theatre or US literature. In every respect, characterization, plot, dialogue and the interplay of all elements, an incredible a. A Curmudgeon Review Greg Kingsley Arthur Miller shows us the Salem witch hysteria with side notes allowing us faithful readers to compare McCarthyism from modern times to that. History shows us that taking a person's livelihood away is similar to killing them and demonstrates that educated modern Americans ar