Incident at Vichy
by:
Arthur Miller (author)
In a small and dark room, nine men are assembled under a shadowy pretext. As tension builds, the men are questioned - are they the sort of people whom the new Nazi regime considers "inferior?"
In a small and dark room, nine men are assembled under a shadowy pretext. As tension builds, the men are questioned - are they the sort of people whom the new Nazi regime considers "inferior?"
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140481938 (0140481931)
Publish date: April 2nd 1985
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 80
Edition language: English
I like the Crucible, but I am not a huge fan of Death of a Salesman. I understand why it’s great, but the play never did it for me. And I am more of a Neil Simon fan. But this play. This play. This they should use in schools. It would resonate more than the Crucible. Most powerful play ever.
Arthur Miller’s ‘Incident at Vichy’ is a powerful example of the paralyzing effect fear can have on a person. It is 1942 in Vichy, France. The German controlled Vichy government have been in power for two years and so have the effects of the widely enacted Racial Laws. Nine men and a boy find themse...
Powerful, much more so than any of Miller's other plays.
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