…By Henry George for TDPel Media.
The production has undergone some changes, with Brian Gleeson bringing a haggard toughness to the central role of John Proctor, a free-thinking farmer in the theocratic town of Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692.
Endless relevance marks a stone-cold classic, and Miller’s play, written in 1953 as a critique of mass hysteria over communist influence in America, certainly qualifies.
He exudes authority outwardly, while she is austere and in control.
The purpose of the sporadic curtain of rain dominating the set remains unclear, but aside from that, this is an important and satisfying show that has benefited from a commercial transfer.