152. The Cup | The Crucible (1996) | Screened Plays

Welcome back to the 148th episode of The Cup which is our a weekly (give or take, TBD, these are unprecedented times) performing arts talk show presented by Cup of Hemlock Theatre. With the theatres on a come back we offer a mix of both reviews of live shows we've seen and continued reviews of prophet productions! For our 152 episode we go on a witch hunt and bring you a new instalment of our series 'Screened Plays'. This time we have a spooky episode all about The Crucible (1996), directed by Nicholas Hytner, based on the play by Arthur Miller, starring Daniel Day-Lewis as John Proctor and Winona Ryder Abigail Williams! Join Co-Artistic Producers @mackenzie_horner and Ryan Borochovitz, along side Associate Producer @jillian.robinson96 and returning guest panelist Sarah Hime (@hime.sarah) as they debate the performance given by Paul Scofield as Judge Danforth and they explore why this film had a lacklustre performance during its initial cinematic release. On the subject of feminist reworkings of The Crucible (as discussed in the episode), check out the Master’s Thesis, “Bewitching the Blame: The Crucible’s Legacy of Appropriation and Sexual Shame in Popular Culture” by Hope Morris (Illinois State University, 2021, https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/etd/1395/), as well as the three contemporary re-visionings that serve as her principal case studies: John Proctor is the Villain, by Kimberly Belflower; Abigail, by Sarah Tuft; and Becky Nurse of Salem by Sarah Ruhl. Follow our panelists:  Mackenzie Horner (Before the Downbeat: A Musical Podcast) – Instagram/Facebook: BeforetheDownbeat  Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3aYbBeN  Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3sAbjAu Sarah Hime – Instagram: @hime.Sarah // Twitter: @SarahHime1 // Watch Pink is In: https://tv1.bell.ca/fibetv1/shows/pink-is-in / https://www.primevideo.com/detail/Pink-Is-In/0FWMKIC23RN784WD60FC5UQ950#:~:text=Prime%20Video%3A%20Pink%20Is%20In / https://tubitv.com/series/300001076/pink-is-in Jillian Robinson – Instagram: @jillian.robinson96 Ryan Borochovitz – [Just send all that love to CoH instead; he won’t mind!] Follow Cup of Hemlock Theatre on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter: @cohtheatre  If you’d like us to review your upcoming show in Toronto, please send press invites/inquiries to [email protected]