For the 1914 film, see The Crucible (1914 film). For the 1957 film, see The Crucible (1957 film). For the 1996 film, see The Crucible (1996 film). For the 2011 South Korean film, see Silenced (film).
For other uses, see The Crucible (disambiguation).
The Crucible
Written by
Arthur Miller
Characters
Abigail Williams
Reverend John Hale
Reverend Samuel Parris
John Proctor
Elizabeth Proctor
Thomas Danforth
Mary Warren
John Hathorne
Giles Corey
Rebecca Nurse
Date premiered
January 22, 1953
Place premiered
Martin Beck Theatre, New York City
Original language
English
Subject
Salem witch trials, McCarthyism
Genre
Tragedy
Setting
Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Crucible is a 1953 play by the American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized and partially fictionalized[1] story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692–93. Miller wrote the play as an allegory for McCarthyism, when the United States government persecuted people accused of being communists.[2] Miller was questioned by the House of Representatives' Committee on Un-American Activities in 1956 and convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to identify others present at meetings he had attended.[3]
The play was first performed at the Martin Beck Theatre on Broadway on January 22, 1953, starring E. G. Marshall, Beatrice Straight and Madeleine Sherwood. Miller felt that this production was too stylized and cold, and the reviews for it were largely hostile (although The New York Times noted "a powerful play [in a] driving performance").[4] The production won the 1953 Tony Award for Best Play.[5] A year later, a new production succeeded and the play became a classic.[6] It is regarded as a central work in the canon of American drama.[7]
^Cite error: The named reference marshfield was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Miller 1992, p. xv
^Loftus 1957.
^Abbotson 2005, p. 78 and Atkinson 1953
^The Crucible (Broadway premiere) at the Internet Broadway Database
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