The place is Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, an enclave of rigid piety huddled on the edge of a wilderness. Its inhabitants believe unquestioningly in their own sanctity. But in Arthur Miller's edgy masterpiece, that very belief will have poisonous consequences when a vengeful teenager accuses a rival of witchcraft—and then when those accusations multiply to consume the entire village.\ First produced in 1953, at a time when America was convulsed by a new epidemic of witchhunting, The Crucible...
Based on historical people and real events, Arthur Miller's play uses the destructive power of socially sanctioned violence unleashed by the rumors of witchcraft as a powerful parable about McCarthyism. Introduction by Christopher BigsbyNY TimesA powerful drama.
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\ NY TimesA powerful drama.\ \ \ \ \ NY Daily NewsStrongly written.\ \