The Crucible
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October-November, 2012
Shortly after Miyata Keiko took over as artistic director, the NNTT kicked off a special series called "Japan Meets – A Look at the Lineage of Contemporary Drama". For the series' seventh installment, we present Arthur Miller's The Crucible. The play, which premiered in 1953, is based on actual events that took place at the end of the 17th century: the Salem witch trials. The Crucible became a cultural touchstone, and stands as a biting critique of the anti-Communist "witch hunting" and McCarthyism which gripped America in the 1950s. Since September 11, 2001, the play has also been discussed for what it says about America's reaction in the wake of the terrorist attacks.
The Crucible won the Tony Award for Best Play, with its portrayal of the weak and the powerful in a society, how mob psychology can lead to panic, and how one man is destroyed by a teenage girl. Directing the play is Miyata Keiko, who has also led students of the NNTT Drama Studio in staging the play as a student production. She worked previously with translator Mizutani Hachiya on last year's acclaimed production of Our Town. The Crucible has also been given a new translation by Mizutani. Through their combined efforts, the subtleties of the work will be explored in even greater depth.
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