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2 unusual facts about The Crucible


Chelsea Players

Their production of The Crucible was produced by Phil Hammond and had lighting design by Hugh Allison.

Jacqueline Babbin

They also continued their collaboration throughout the decade as producers on TV specials, including Hedda Gabler (with Ingrid Bergman and Michael Redgrave), and The Crucible (with George C. Scott, Colleen Dewhurst, and Fritz Weaver).


Angela Bettis

In addition to her work in film, Bettis also starred in two Broadway productions: The Father in 1996 with Frank Langella, and as Abigail Williams in a 1996 production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible alongside Liam Neeson and Laura Linney.

Beatrice Straight

Most of her theatre work was in the classics, including Twelfth Night (1941), Macbeth, and The Crucible (1953), for which she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play.

Bryn Athyn College

Some recent Bryn Athyn College productions include The Glass Menagerie, Antigone, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Wit, Into the Woods, The Crucible, The Miracle Worker, and more.

Carrie Barton

She has enjoyed stellar reviews in such regional stage productions of Crimes of the Heart, The Crucible, Modigliani, and Ingmar Bergman's Face to Face as well as many original works.

Harry Theyard

He went on to sing in the world premieres of Ward's The Crucible (starring Chester Ludgin), Floyd's The Passion of Jonathan Wade (with Phyllis Curtin), and Menotti's The Most Important Man (conducted by Christopher Keene).

Helen Stenborg

Stenborg appeared on stage in revivals of A Doll's House, A Month in the Country, and The Crucible; the original, belated US production of Noël Coward's Waiting in the Wings, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play; and the Lanford Wilson plays, The Rimers of Eldritch and Talley & Son winning the Obie Award for her performance in the latter.

Maryann Plunkett

Additional Broadway credits include Bernadette Peters' replacement in Sunday in the Park with George and the 1991 revival of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, in which she played Elizabeth Proctor opposite Martin Sheen as John Proctor, in an all-star cast including Michael York and Fritz Weaver.

Patrick O'Kane

He played John Proctor in the Lyric Theatre, Belfast's production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, opening the theatre's new performance space in April 2011 to rave reviews and receiving a nomination for best actor in the Irish Theatre Awards for his performance.

Rod Beattie

Other productions include The Loveliest and Sylvia in Victoria, The Crucible and Blessings in Disguise in Manitoba, Oleanna at the National Arts Centre opposite Sandra Oh, and Love Letters opposite wife Martha Henry in an Ontario tour.

Sarasota Opera

Robert Ward's opera, The Crucible based on the play by Arthur Miller, served as the inaugural production of this new series, and it was received with great acclaim.

St John's College, Durham

It also contributes to university theatre, with the Bailey Theatre Company producing Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis in the Epiphany term of 2009 and Arthur Miller's The Crucible in the Michaelmas term of 2008, as well as the annual Summer Shakespeare.

Tituba

She also featured prominently in the 1952 play The Crucible by Arthur Miller; In the 1957 and 1996 film adaptations of Miller's play, she was depicted by Darling Legitimus and Charlayne Woodard, respectively.


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Abraham Katzir

Each year, Katzir organizes a series of popular lectures, called "In the Crucible of Revolution", in memory of his late father.

Andrew Blackman

Andrew Blackman is Artistic Director of Complete Works Theatre Company, directing and producing Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, Richard III, A Midsummer Night's Dream, A Man for All Seasons, Cosi and The Crucible, Phat Poetry and Monkey Fights the Water Dragon.

Anna Mackmin

She has also collaborated several times with Amelia Bullmore whom she originally directed as an actress in The Crucible in 2004.

Darren Morgan

He was also a quarter-finalist on three occasions, beating Ken Doherty and Ronnie O'Sullivan in the 1996 and 1997 respectively at the Crucible.

Pat Houlihan

He played in the main stages of the World Championship twice: in 1973 when he lost to then defending champion Alex Higgins, and at the Crucible in 1978 when he lost to Cliff Thorburn in the first round.

Patrick Wallace

His percentage of points scored to points conceded at the Crucible is the third-highest of all time, behind only Stephen Hendry and John Higgins, albeit based on a single year.

Reinhold Angerstein

His visit to Sheffield was brief, less than a day, and it has been suggested that he was driven out of the town for showing too much interest in the crucible process newly invented by Benjamin Huntsman.

Suzy Lawlor

She continued her theatrical appearance as Betty Paris in the acclaimed production of The Crucible directed by Patrick Mason at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin.