Miller's 'Crucible' Becomes an Opera Besides the impeachment trial underway on Capitol Hill, another trial involving sex, lies, justice and retribution is unfolding on stage at the Kennedy Center -- The Crucible. The opera, based on Arthur Miller's play, is directed by Bruce Beresford (film director of Breaker Morant and Driving Miss Daisy.

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Miller's 'Crucible' Becomes an Opera

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Miller's 'Crucible' Becomes an Opera

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Besides the impeachment trial underway on Capitol Hill, another trial involving sex, lies, justice and retribution is unfolding on stage at the Kennedy Center — The Crucible. The opera, based on Arthur Miller's play, is directed by Bruce Beresford (film director of Breaker Morant and Driving Miss Daisy.

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American Playwright Arthur Miller Dies at 89

His Death of a Salesman came to symbolize the American Dream gone awry.