In The Press
Girls Rise to the Crucible Challenge
From The Bath Chronicle Thu 17 Nov, 2011
Packed-out audiences enjoyed a production of The Crucible performed by pupils from The Royal High School. Girls of all ages contributed to the Arthur Miller play, which had a three night run in the school's refurbished Sophie Cameron Performing Arts Centre last week. The 1953 play tells the story of the 17th Century Salem witch trials and the audience is invited to draw parallels with the political 'witch hunt' of McCarthyism in the 1950s. Head of Drama, Ben Pender said: "The all female cast of over 70 performers has risen to the challenge of the play, providing an evening of intense, thoughtful and gripping theatre. The themes of respect and disrespect, honesty and deceit, tolerance and discrimination, are just as relevant today. I am very proud of the energy, commitment and enthusiasm that has gone into the play, including the hard work of the student production support team, which has done a great job with the costumes, props, make-up, lighting and sound."
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