the crucible

     

The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a play written in the early 1950s uring the time of McCarthyism, when the government blacklisted accused communists. Miller himself was questioned by the House of Representatives' Committee on Un-American Activities in 1956. The play was first performed on Broadway on January 22, 1953. The reviews of the first production were hostile, but a year later a new production succeeded and the play became a classic. Today it is studied in high schools and universities, because of its status as a revolutionary work of theatre and for its allegorical relationship to testimony given before the House Committee On Un-American Activities during the 1950's.

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  • This Arthur Miller play, set in the 17th c., was originally titled "Those Familiar Spirits"
  • Abigail & Betty hysterically name other villagers as witches at the end of Act I in this 1953 hit
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  • You'll need a contralto or a mezzo to play Tituba in the 1961 opera based on this Arthur Miller play
  • In this Arthur Miller play, Abigail claims that she danced for the devil
  • Speaking of this play, Miller said, "The threat of this kind of hysteria is never really gone. It's with us always"

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