The Crucible à Bedford
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Salle: The Place, Bedford, EOE
Artiste: The Crucible
“WHOSE FREEDOM WILL YOU SACRIFICE FOR YOUR OWN?” In 1692, the pious village of Salem, Massachusetts, becomes a literal death trap when private grudges are weaponised as holy law. Arthur Miller’s The Crucible dramatises this historical collapse of reason, where a group of young girls wield the power of life and death through baseless accusations of witchcraft. As mass hysteria outpaces justice, the town’s residents are forced into a brutal ultimatum: save their lives through false confessions or preserve their integrity at the end of a rope.