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 of America
surface form: 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
Holocaust
surface form: the Holocaust
medium theatre
narrativeDevice interrogation of detainees
numberOfActs 1
relatedWorkByAuthor Death of a Salesman
The Crucible
settingContext Nazi-occupied France
settingLocation Vichy
surface form: Vichy, France
settingPeriod World War II
structure one act
subjectMatter Holocaust-era persecution
Nazi racial policies
writer Arthur Miller

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Arthur notableWork Incident at Vichy
subject surface form: Arthur Miller