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The Crucible

The Crucible is a a Tony Award-winning play by the American Playwright Arthur Miller, Written in 1953, it is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay during 1692 and 1693. Miller wrote the play as an allegory of McCarthyism, when the U.S. government blacklisted accused communists. Miller himself 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. This classic play about the witch-hunts in 17th century Massachusetts paints a searing portrait of a community engulfed by hysteria. In the rigid theocracy of Salem, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft prod the town's most basic fears and suspicions; and when a young girl accuses Elizabeth Proctor of being a witch, self-righteous church leaders and townspeople insist that Elizabeth be brought to trial. The ruthlessness of the prosecutors and eagerness of neighbor to testify against neighbor brilliant illuminate the destructive power of socially accepted violence.

Original Language: English
Subject: Salem witch trials, McCarthyism
Genre: Tragedy, drama
Setting: Salem, Massachusetts

Show Dates and Times:

Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 7:30 PM
Friday, March 27, 2015 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, March 29, 2015 at 2:00 PM