The Crucible review " brisk and bullish, with a new centre of gravity
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghWith a skeletal set and cast positioned in tableaux, director John Dove focuses on Arthur Miller's compelling textWhen Ron Donachie takes the stage as Deputy Governor Danforth in the second half of Arthur Miller's classic, it's as if this 17th century parable of superstition and intolerance has a new centre of gravity. It's partly that Donachie seems three times bigger than everyone else, a bul…