Washington Lee High School - Blue and Gray Yearbook (Arlington, VA)

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THE CRUCIBLEH Screams, Curses, Shock Audience at Production Screams, curses and accusations reverberated throughout the auditorium as the Thespians presented The Crzfribfe by Arthur Miller. The story of the in- famous Salem witch trials of colonial Massachusetts, the play criticized the communist baiting of the McCarthy era of the l95O's. Rejected by the farmer john Proctor, played by Evans Hays, Norma Levin in the role of Abigail Wil- liams took her revenge by accusing him of the then hated and feared crime of consorting with the devil. The moral lesson of the production came at the end when Proctor had the courage to sacrifice his life rather than make a false confession. Screaming in terror, Salem children Betty jo Underdahl, Debby Altman and Norma Levin cringe from torments of evil spirits In the tense trial scene of The Crucible , the Deputy Proctor Exrns Hlys romforts Mary WIFICH QLynn GON'QfQQf Kjlmrleg Brewer, watches helplessly while John Brown who tcstities that the girls pretended to scc spirits 16 School Life

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SF' .Q -fy' Listening obcdiently, senior Norma Levin receives instruction from Mr. Townsend on where Abigail should cross the stage. School Life 17 This tastes terrible, mutters Frances Rice as she tears masking tape for The Crucible's scenery. - ., Y T. 341' '?if?'i ai .,