Incident at Vichy is a 1964 one-act play by American dramatist Arthur Miller about a group of detainees in Vichy France waiting for inspection by German officers during World War II. It focuses on the subjects of human nature, guilt, fear, and complicity and examines how the Nazis were able to perpetrate the Holocaust with so little resistance.
The play premiered on Broadway on December 3, 1964 at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre in New York City. The production closed on May 7, 1965 after 32 performances. The cast included Michael Strong as LeBeau, Stanley Beck as Bayard, Paul Mann as Marchand, and David J. Stewart as Monceau. A London production in 1966 at the Phoenix Theatre starred Alec Guinness, Anthony Quayle and Nigel Davenport.
Miller adapted the play for a 1973 television production directed by Stacy Keach and starring Harris Yulin, Richard Jordan and René Auberjonois.
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