… at first smoulders, all dark looks and muscular seriousness. He combines moral and physical strength with human weakness in a way that is entirely credible – Daily Express – Broadway WorldĪrmitage commands the stage without overwhelming everyone else. The New York TimesĪnna Madeley and the smouldering Richard Armitage as Elizabeth and John Proctor have fantastic chemistry and play the parts with so much raw emotion that is sometimes painful to watch as the village is torn apart. Armitage gives palpable, sinewy force to John’s struggle, making the moral instinct feel primal, something that’s genetically coded but hard to bring into dominance.
His first instinct, like that of his fellow townspeople, is to survive, and in “The Crucible,” surviving and doing what’s right are not synonymous. His rumbling voice comes from his viscera, and he stands like a man who feels undressed without his plow.
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