Yaël Farber is a multiple award-winning director and playwright. Theatre includes The Duchess of Malfi and Macbeth for the RSC. Other film and TV credits include The Hobbit trilogy, Captain America: The First Avenger and Spooks. Richard Armitage’s credits include the forthcoming film Into the Storm. Miller’s timeless parable attacks the evils of mindless persecution and the terrifying power of false accusations. In a small tight-knit community, personal grievances collide with lust and superstition, fuelling widespread hysteria. Richard Armitage stars in Arthur Miller’s classic American drama brought vividly to life in this visceral new production by internationally acclaimed director Yaël Farber. He says he feels like he has been preparing for the role for the last ten years. They also uploaded a video to YouTube with Richard talking about this role. On 30 May, The Old Vic posted the first picture of Richard in character as John Proctor from The Crucible on their website. The announcement also made The Stage's news page and BBC News also reported that Richard will appear at the Old Vic in London.Ī full casting announcement was made on 14 May by Playbill.įirst picture of John Proctor and a video interview from The Old Vic Official confirmation of the production was announced by The Old Vic on 15 April in the form of this news article on their website. Here is a scan of the article in the print edition of The Daily Mail, with thanks to jh of the C19 forum: However, he is still in final discussions." "Armitage has had what were described to me as ‘several very exciting’ conversations with Ms Farber about how she plans to interpret Miller’s drama. In response to a question on twitter, Baz said the deal was 99% and in his column in The Daily Mail he stated: The news was first broken on 11 April 2014 by Baz Bamigboye, Entertainment Columnist with the Daily Mail, who tweeted that Richard was in final talks to star as John Proctor. Yaël Farber's production of The Crucible ran for 12 weeks from Saturday 21 June to Saturday 13 September 2014 at The Old Vic theatre in London.
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