He is, though sometimes hoarse, impressive both when forceful and when nearly broken. Richard Armitage, another Hobbit escapee, is the man agonised by the knowledge of his infidelity to his wife and now trying to be faithful to his friends. Its eloquence about the unreliability of confessions made under duress also strikes with fresh force. The play looks newly acute about religious fundamentalism, and the way a sexual encounter between a young girl and an older man can come back to haunt him. Actually, it provokes varied interpretations each time it gets a good staging.Īnd Farber's staging is strong, if sometimes overemphatic.
In the States after 9/11 it has been thought of as a reflection on the Patriot Act. The playwright went off to look at the records of Salem trials just after he had heard from his friend Elia Kazan that he had decided to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee. Miller's dramatic rendering of the Salem witch hunts is most celebrated as a response to McCarthyism.
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