Incident at Vichy

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Incident at Vichy is a one-act play by Arthur Miller that explores themes of guilt, complicity, and moral responsibility through the interrogation of detainees in Nazi-occupied France.

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instanceOf one-act play ⓘ
play ⓘ
author Arthur Miller ⓘ
centralConflict moral choices under totalitarian oppression ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
dramaticForm chamber drama ⓘ
ensemble piece ⓘ
dramaticTechnique confined single-room setting ⓘ
intense dialogue ⓘ
offstage violence ⓘ
philosophical debate ⓘ
exploresConcept bystander complicity ⓘ
collective guilt ⓘ
denial and self-deception ⓘ
moral courage ⓘ
personal responsibility under tyranny ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1964 ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace New York City ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
psychological drama ⓘ
hasCharacterType French collaborators ⓘ
Jewish detainees ⓘ
Nazi officials ⓘ
non-Jewish detainees ⓘ
hasMoralQuestion What is the individual’s duty in the face of injustice? ⓘ
intendedAudience adult ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainTheme anti-Semitism ⓘ
complicity ⓘ
fear ⓘ
guilt ⓘ
identity ⓘ
moral responsibility ⓘ
the Holocaust ⓘ
linked to: Holocaust
medium theatre ⓘ
narrativeDevice interrogation of detainees ⓘ
numberOfActs 1 ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Death of a Salesman ⓘ
The Crucible ⓘ
settingContext Nazi-occupied France ⓘ
settingLocation Vichy, France ⓘ
linked to: Vichy
settingPeriod World War II ⓘ
structure one act ⓘ
subjectMatter Holocaust-era persecution ⓘ
Nazi racial policies ⓘ
writer Arthur Miller ⓘ

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Arthur Miller → notableWork → Incident at Vichy ⓘ
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