The National Theatre in London is to stage Arthur Miller’s classic play The Crucible in a revival which its artistic director Rufus Norris says will “explore what it means to confront power in a time of political and social divide”.
The Crucible will be directed by Lyndsey Turner in the National’s Olivier theatre, which has not presented Miller’s historical drama since 1990. “A revival of this story of mass panic and collective delusion seems particularly timely,” observed Norris, who said it would make for a “darkly thrilling production”.
