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The Crucible review an engrossing, fiery evening by Susannah Clapp

Old Vic, LondonArthur Miller's play resonates without any updating in Yael Farber's powerful stagingI went to The Crucible half-expecting the director Yael Farber to have shifted the action from the Massachusetts of 1692. After all, her magnificent Mies Julie made Strindberg's hard play work by placing the action in 21st-century South Africa. Yet Farber has made no such alteration. She shows that Arthur Miller's dram…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PM on July 12, 2014

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