

The absence of the smoke/steam effects and the usage of the stage and surrounds is understandably missing, therefore, the cinemagoers were unable to have that intense experience that came with a stage performance. This is the best difference between the two.īut in my opinion, you simply cannot beat the experience and atmosphere of sitting in the theatre and watching the action unfold in front of your eyes. I will say that the main difference that I observed between the stage performance and the cinema released version were the close-ups of characters from a variety of angles which you do not get from a theatre. I won’t be going into detail about the story of The Crucible as you can find my original review of it in the link. And I can confirm it is equally astonishing even on the big screen.

Having seen it once while in London and absolutely loving it, I had to see the Digital Theatre Version of it when it came to mine and Richard’s hometown, Leicester. After the success of The Crucible at the Old Vic Theatre in London, it has been released to some select cinemas in the UK.
