This week, Steph announced the casting of the crucible play. I remember seeing everyone so pleased at what they role, and I was just curious, I remember when I saw I was playing Judge Danforth. I was like wow, I am playing a judge and that was cool because I’ve always wanted to a play of such authoritarian character like that.
I remember having so much ideas for how I could play Judge Danforth, and since it was set in a council estate and in the old version, the judge is a man and I was thinking in this version, Judge Danforth could be a woman called Athena Danforth because in the boys tv show, Victoria Neumann, Grace Mallory, and Madelyn Stillwell were all men in the comics and the tv show made them all girls and plus I though since it’s a modern time, Judge Danforth could be a woman judge.
And I had several costumes ideas for Judge Danforth during that time and I had an approach on how I could be judge Danforth and I though approaching this character, I could be a stern secondary school teacher like Dolores Umbridge in Harry Potter and when I was reading the lines, I was pretty loud and stern, and I remember being so gutted that I was going to be a Chav.
I thought I was lucky I wasn’t a mega Chav but just a normal Chav, and I’d wear a suit and some judge robes with some rings and necklaces, and I though some glasses but I couldn’t decide what, I though wearing the glasses would make me look more authoritarian and I will be going to Manchester to buy the costume.