Incident at Vichy A Play
“Incident at Vichy A Play” by Arthur Miller is a reprint edition published by Penguin on April 2, 1985. This 80-page play unfolds in Vichy France during 1942, where eight men and a boy are detained by collaborationist authorities in a setting that may be a police station. The characters, some of whom are Jewish, grapple with their secrets and the moral complexities of their situations, reflecting the broader themes of guilt and survival in a time of oppression.
Readers will find a tense exploration of human nature and moral ambiguity as the detainees confront their fears and the realities of their circumstances. The play delves into the psychological and ethical dilemmas faced by individuals under duress, making it a significant work within the realms of drama and theater. Through its intense storytelling, “Incident at Vichy” invites reflection on the nature of guilt and complicity in the face of tyranny, resonating with themes relevant to both history and contemporary society.
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“one of the most important plays of our time” –Howard Taubman, The New York Times
In Vichy France in 1942, eight men and a boy are seized by the collaborationist authorities and made to wait in a building that may be a police station. Some of them are Jews. All of them have something to hide—if not from the Nazis, then from their fellow detainees and, inevitably, from themselves. For in this claustrophobic antechamber to the death camps, everyone is guilty. And perhaps none more so than those who can walk away alive.
In Incident at Vichy, Arthur Miller re-creates Dante’s hell inside the gaping pit that is our history and populates it with sinners whose crimes are all the more fearful because they are so recognizable.
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