Professor David Peimer
Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible”
Summary
This talk looks at McCarthyism and the life of Arthur Miller. David Peimer explores “The Crucible”, one of the great plays of the 20th century and how the witchhunts in Salem, Massachusetts were a case of mass hysteria and scapegoating. He also asks, what are some modern day examples of this phenomenon?
Professor David Peimer
David Peimer is a professor of theatre and performance studies in the UK. He has taught at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and New York University (Global Division), and was a Fulbright Scholar at Columbia University. Born in South Africa, David has won numerous awards for playwriting and directing. He has written eleven plays and directed forty in places like South Africa, New York, Brussels, London, Berlin, Zulu Kingdom, Athens, and more. His writing has been published widely and he is the editor of Armed Response: Plays from South Africa (2009) and the interactive digital book Theatre in the Camps (2012). He is on the board of the Pinter Centre in London.