Best wishes to the director, cast, and crew of The Crucible at The Old Vic!

So much positive energy from so many fans has been going out to all of you, and of course, to Richard Armitage, and I only feel it increasing as the first night of previews approaches. All over the web, fans are posting about their excitement and their journeys to the theater and their hopes for you. Probably you still have stuff to work out and not everything will go as planned, but I wish you all the best on your way to the official opening — may any queasiness you feel turn to pure energy as you sense the eagerness of the assembled audiences to see what you have to show. You’ve all worked so hard together to come to this moment with something intriguing to share with us, and I hope Saturday night is the next phase of many new experiences, provocative discoveries, and, of course, rewards for all of your labor. I have no right to be proud of anything Richard Armitage does, no special connection, but I am proud, nonetheless, and in the connection I feel I sense a crackling bonfire, waiting to explode.

Best wishes, Mr. Armitage, to you and your colleagues. Hals und Beinbruch!

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~ by Servetus on June 21, 2014.