美国现实主义戏剧的大师阿瑟·米勒在1953年获得托尼奖的《萨勒姆的女巫》是一部至今仍然振聋发聩的杰作。故事根据17世纪北美殖民地时期的一桩“逐巫案”而来：少女们的森林之舞演变成小镇中的“女巫”传言，牧师帕里斯请来“驱魔高手”来协助调查。为求自保，艾比盖尔首先诬陷黑奴提图芭，人为制造的恐慌很快陷入恶性循环，举证者与被控者的队伍成倍增长，每个人都被裹挟进了生死攸关的抉择。这出风格冷峻、文笔尖锐的作品以古讽今，对麦卡锡主义下的政治压抑与邪恶势力进行了无情批判；而作为深刻的人性寓言，它同样在不同文化背景和历史时期中都能找到极强的指涉。
林赛·特纳（Lyndsey Turner，本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇主演版《哈姆雷特》）执导的英国国家剧院新版《萨勒姆的女巫》抓住了扣人心弦的戏剧张力与紧迫感，基于原作的细腻呈现带领观众重返清教徒时代的精神高压；舞台设计师德夫林（Es Devlin）结合白色穹顶，使用昏黄色调简洁有效地营造出熔炉般的感官体验，又在幽蓝色调的人工雨墙中释放情绪；凭借《王冠》中安妮公主一角闻名的艾琳·多尔蒂（Erin Doherty）在本剧中的表演大放异彩，她演绎的艾比盖尔生动呈现出内心的欲望和恐惧。

在萨勒姆，一场猎巫开始了。

Raised to be seen and not heard, a group of young women suddenly find their words have a terrible power.

As a climate of fear spreads through the community, private vendettas fuel public accusations and soon the truth itself is on trial.

Arthur Miller’s gripping parable of power and its abuse returns in an urgent new staging by director Lyndsey Turner (Under Milk Wood, Top Girls).

在萨勒姆，一场猎巫开始了。

Raised to be seen and not heard, a group of young women suddenly find their words have a terrible power.

As a climate of fear spreads through the community, private vendettas fuel public accusations and soon the truth itself is on trial.

Arthur Miller’s gripping parable of power and its abuse returns in an urgent new staging by director Lyndsey Turner (Under Milk Wood, Top Girls).