The New York Times: On a recent Tuesday morning, the playwright Sarah Ruhl and the director Rebecca Taichman were gazed at a window, diamond-paned and much-repaired, on the second floor of the New-York Historical Society. A showpiece of the Society’s exhibition “The Salem Witch Trials: Reckoning and Reclaiming,” the window had once stood in the home of Rebecca Nurse, a Salem woman who was hanged for witchcraft in 1692. At 71, she was the eldest among the trials’ two dozen victims.
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Oh wow, this article is really interesting and I would really like to see this show. I really love Arthur Miller’s The Crucible and I’m really interested in the history of the Salem Witch Trials. I think it’s also really interesting that they mentioned that they are also including contemporary conspiracy theories. Sarah Ruhl’s work has been a very important part of contemporary American theater and though I really enjoy her play Eurydice, I think some of her lesser known works are really interesting. I read Stage Kiss and Melancholy Play during undergrad and I really became interested in her work because I think it’s really interesting and not talked about a lot. Another thing that I really like about this show is that it’s a contemporary piece as it follows a descendant of Rebecca Nurse. I would really like to see this show and I hope to make it to New York to be able to see this while it’s still in performances.
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