It's definite - Richard Armitage leads cast of The Crucible at the Old Vic

LONDON THEATRE
APRIL 15 ,2014



 Richard Armitage will lead the cast of The Old Vic's new production of The Crucible by Arthur Miller which runs from 24 Jun to 13 Sep 2014.

Armitage will play the lead role of John Proctor, alongside Samantha Colley as Abigail Williams and Anna Madeley as Elizabeth Proctor. This new production will be directed by Yaël Farber and designed by Soutra Gilmour.

Richard Armitage is perhaps best known for his screen role as Thorin Oakenshield in the Hobbit trilogy, directed by Peter Jackson. He has also played villain Heinz Kruger in Captain America: The First Avenger, and will star in the upcoming disaster film 'Into the Storm'. His stage credits include 'The Duchess of Malfi' and 'Macbeth' for the Royal Shakespeare Company, as well as 'Hamlet' for the Birmingham Rep.


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Hobbit star Richard Armitage to appear in The Crucible at the Old Vic?

WHAT'S ON STAGE?
By Ben Hewis • 11 Apr 2014 • London



Hobbit star Richard Armitage is being lined up to play John Proctor in The Crucible, which opens at the Old Vic Theatre on June 24.

The Crucible is set in the town of Salem, Massachusetts, where in 1692, 19 adults and two dogs were hanged for witchcraft, and one man was pressed to death for refusing to plead. Inspired by the events of the McCarthy era, by the actions of the witch-hunting House Un-American Activities Committee of the 1950s, in front of which playwright Arthur Miller was invited to give evidence, in effect to betray his friends.

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