Rehearsal Pics: Richard Armitage and cast prepare for The Crucible at the Old Vic

WHAT'S ON STAGE
By Ben Hewis • 17 Jun 2014 • London, West End

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. The Crucible tells the story of one man's fight to save his identity in a repressive Puritan community.

Miller's play was inspired by the actions of The House Committee on Un-American Activities of the McCarthy era, in front of which the playwright was invited to give evidence. It was most recently seen in London at the Open Air Theatre in 2010, with Patrick O'Kane as Proctor.

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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 heartthrob Richard Armitage to star in love tryst with Samantha Colley in The Crucible

MAIL ON LINE
By BAZ BAMIGBOYE
11 April, 2014



Newcomer Samantha Colley has been picked to appear with Hobbit heartthrob Richard Armitage in one of the year’s most important theatrical productions.

The 23-year-old from the West Country will form a lustful - but highly dangerous - liaison with Armitage in a new production of Arthur Miller’s classic The Crucible, which begins performances at the Old Vic Theatre on June 24.

She will play Abigail Williams, a love-struck girl who persuades god-fearing (and married)  John Proctor to ‘lapse’, and then, when he doesn’t want to ‘lapse’ any more, charts a spiteful course for revenge in 17th-century Salem, Massachusetts.


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