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The Crucible, The Nonentities Rose Theatre, Kidderminster
Apr 9 2008 By John Slim
VIVIENNE Cole's towering production of this Arthur Miller classic brims with fear, threats and suspicion as it tells of the 17th century witch-hunts in Salem, Mississippi.
A superb performance by Richard Taylor as John Proctor, the man whose conscience puts him in peril of the gallows, is the centrepiece.
After the interval, the courts scene is dominated by Bob Graham, as the judge who is unswayable from what he sees as his mission to uphold the law.
The high point, nevertheless, is the sustained screaming outburst by the young girls led by Abigail (Georgina Biggs) when they see that Mary Warren (Rachel Laurence) is no longer with them in their crusade.
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