22 March - 5 May 1990

THE CRUCIBLE

by Arthur Miller

Reverend Parris PHILIP WHITCHURCH
Betty Parris NATALIE ABBOTT
Tituba SUSAN ADERIN
Abigail Williams ROSALIND BENNETT
Susanna Walcott KATE BYERS
Mrs Ann Putnam, Martha Corey, Sarah Good ANGELA PHILLIPS
Thomas Putnam PETER HARDING
Mercy Lewis KIM BENSON
Mary Warren THERESA BODEN
John Proctor DAVID SCHOFIELD
Rebecca Nurse SYDNEE BLAKE
Giles Corey ARTHUR WHYBROW
Reverend John Hale DAVID ALLISTER
Elizabeth Proctor ELEANOR DAVID
Francis Nurse LEADER HAWKINS
Ezekiel Cheever MICHAEL PACKER
Marshal Herrick PHILIP ROWLANDS
Judge Hathorne ROY SAMPSON
Deputy Governor Danforth BARRY FOSTER

Director GREGORY HERSOV
Designer MICHAEL HOLT
Lighting CHRIS PARRY
Sound ALASTAIR GOOLDEN
Movement JACKY LANSLEY
Dialect Coach CHARMIAN HOARE

'Gregory Hersov's directorial strategy is to come in at storm force and work up to a hurricane, and his company carries it out as few could; this is a major triumph that demonstrates tremendous corporate strength.'
Tim Brown The Guardian

'With this powerful production, grippingly acted on the seven-sided open stage, so that to look down on to it from the upper levels is like peering into a giant's crucible, Gregory Hersov completes the 'hat trick' of Arthur Miller's early plays...his All My Sons remains vivid in my memory and I do not doubt that the impression of his latest production will last as long...Hersov and his company serve their author's vision proudly.'
Jeremy Kingston The Times

'Crucibles are not uncommon in this 75th birthday year of the author. I cannot visualise one that I should find more impressive than this.'
B A Young Financial Times