The Crucible review " intense Miller revival swaps Salem for Snowden
Royal Exchange, ManchesterCaroline Steinbeis's production gives us a John Proctor for the surveillance age to prove Miller's point that a threatened society turns on itselfIt's a common observation that Arthur Miller's play, inspired by the Salem witch trials of the 1690s, offered a parallel to the House Un-American Activities Committee at the time the play premiered in 1953. Yet The Crucible has a remarkable capacit…