The Crucible by Arthur Miller   12th-15th November 1958 at The Little Theatre, Letchworth

Dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692–93. Miller wrote the play as an allegory for McCarthyism, when the United States government persecuted people accused of being communists

Cast

The Rev. Parris : John Waller

Betty Parris, his daughter : Jill Dixon

Tituba, his slave : Joan Dixon

Abigail Williams, his niece : Patricia Smedley

Susanne Walcott : Peggy Branch

Mrs Putnam : Kathleen Fitzpatrick

Mercy Lewis : Jennifer Beattie

Mary Warren : Ann Hales

John Proctor : Stewart Needham

Rebecca Nurse : Eirene Ripley

Giles Corey : Joe Platten

The Rev. Hale : John Elson

Elizabeth Proctor : Joyce Jones

Francis Nurse : Ken Spinks

Ezekiel Cheever : James Innes

Willard : Ken Wilson

Judge Hathorne : Eric Oldham

Judge Danforth : Ronald Webb

Goody Good : Kathleen Fitzpatrick

Crew

Producer : Noel Ripley

Stage Manager : Percy Simmonds

Assistant Producer : Jacqueline Smedley

Prompt : Beryl Porter

Electrician : David Fyfe

Sound effects and interval music : Jacqueline Smedley

Costumes : The Players Wardrobe