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The Crucible is a 1953 play by the American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692–93.
- Arthur Miller
- 1953
Learn about Arthur Miller's classic play that explores the Salem witch trials and the dangers of mass hysteria. Find plot summaries, character analyses, quotes, and more in this comprehensive study guide.
LitCharts offers a comprehensive guide to Arthur Miller's The Crucible, a play inspired by the Salem Witch trials and the McCarthy era. Find summaries, analysis, themes, quotes, characters, symbols, and more.
Nov 27, 1996 · A historical drama based on the 1692 Salem witch trials, written by Arthur Miller as a parable of the McCarthy era. Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield and Joan Allen star in this Oscar-nominated film directed by Nicholas Hytner.
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- Drama, History
- Nicholas Hytner
- 1996-11-27
In the Puritan New England town of Salem, Massachusetts, a group of girls goes dancing in the forest with a black slave named Tituba. While dancing, they are caught by the local minister, Reverend Parris. One of the girls, Parris’s daughter Betty, falls into a coma-like state.
- Arthur Miller
- 1953
6 The Crucible and they had to be to survive the life they had chosen or been born into in this country. The proof of their belief’s value to them may be taken from the opposite character of the first Jamestown settlement, farther south, in Virginia. The Englishmen who landed there were motivated mainly by a hunt for profit. They
The Crucible is a 1996 American historical drama film directed by Nicholas Hytner and written by Arthur Miller, based on his 1953 play of the same title. It stars Daniel Day-Lewis as John Proctor, Winona Ryder as Abigail Williams, Paul Scofield as Judge Thomas Danforth, Joan Allen as Elizabeth Proctor, and Bruce Davison as Reverend Samuel Parris.
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