This Autumn's Production by Dungarvan Drama Club is Arthur Miller's outstanding play The Crucible. It is his seminal play based on the Salem Witch Trials, and regarded as one of the most powerful plays of the 21st century. It is a compelling story of truth on trial, a relentless suspenseful drama of collective evil and personal conscience and at it's centre a vastly moving story of quilt, love and redemption. The play openings in the Reverend Parris home after he discovers his daughter and niece and a group of other girls dancing and conjuring spirits in the woods the night before. The village is out and the girls are about to be accused of witchcraft but the very clever and conniving Abigale Williams uses this situation to her full advantage for her personal ends and so starts accusing people in the village of bewitching her until she can accuse the one person who stands in her way from the man she love's. Hysteria sweeps the whole village and so the witchunt begins. Is there anyone to stop her? Would you die to save your name? The play to be directed by Fidelma Meaney and assist director Mary Kelly has a cast of 20 strong player's with 9 completely new members and others who have not threaded the boards for a long time, thus making this production very exciting for all involved. The cast are as follows:
Betty - Vivian Power
Reverend Parris - Seamus Dillon
Tituba - Elaine Diaz
Abigale - Emma Power
Suzanna - Samantha Hayes
Ann Putnam/Martha Corey - Deirdre Collander
Thomas Putnam/Herrick - Steven Stack
Mercy - Sarah Glascott
Mary Warren - Orla White
John Proctor - Paul Coffey
Rebecca Nurse - Orla Glascott
Giles Corey - Pat Power
Reverend Hale - Shane Collander
Elizabeth Proctor - Emma Walsh
Francis Nurse - Michael O'Mahoney
Cheever - Paul McGabhainn
Judge Hathorne - Joe Kelly
Judge Danforth - Dave Pollack
Sarah Goode - Barbara Wladecker
Narrator - Siobhan Buckley
