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| pupils being instructed by Neil Smith, Head of Drama for their leading parts in The Crucible |
Malvern College is to stage Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible, set in 1692 but with a plot that has messages for todays’ climate of fear in the co-called War Against Terrorism.
A small puritan community in Salem, Massachusetts suspects witchcraft when an innocent group of young girls sees a servant woman appearing to have carried out some mysterious acts in a wood.
They are spied on by a clergyman and gossip builds up with accusations of being in league with the devil from and against various members of the community. Outsiders are brought in to make a judgement which leads to the climax of the play.
“It is really a play of today with accusations and possible tragedy, between nation states such as the USA, Iraq, Iran and North Korea although Miller wrote it as a veiled attack on the MaCarthy communist trials of the 1950’s” says the College’s new Head of Drama, Neil Smith, who is directing the play.
The Crucible will be staged in Malvern College’s Rogers Theatre starting at 8.00 pm on 18th, 19th and 20th November. The public are invited to see the play without charge and tickets may be booked by telephoning Val Crowther on 01684 581507 from Monday 3rd November.
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