Incident At Vichy By Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller's one act play about a group of men awaiting 'inspection' by German officers inside the Vichy regime is a study of the choices an individual can make against historical forces playing themselves out around him.

Written in 1964, Miller's script recalls a historical period still within the playwright's recent memory, but which simultaneously provides insight into the witch-hunt under McCarthyism in America. In both worlds, the individual is faced with the decision about how to act; either passively to conform in the hope of survival, or to struggle against authority with risk of danger.