The+Crucible

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Some background on The Crucible. =The Crucible=

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[|Reverend John Hale] [|Reverend Samuel Parris] [|John Proctor] [|Elizabeth Proctor] [|Thomas Danforth] [|Mary Warren] [|John Hathorne] || //**The Crucible**// is a [|1953] play by [|Arthur Miller]. It is a dramatization of the [|Salem witchcraft trials] that took place in [|Province of Massachusetts Bay] during [|1692] and [|1693]. Miller wrote the play as a response to [|McCarthyism],[|[1]] when the [|US government] [|blacklisted] accused communists. Miller himself was to be questioned by the [|House of Representatives'] [|Committee on Un-American Activities] in 1956 and convicted of "contempt of Congress" for failing to identify others present at meetings he had attended.[|[2]] It was first performed at the [|Martin Beck Theater] on [|Broadway] on January 22, 1953. The reviews of the first production, which Miller felt was stylized and too cold,[|[3]] were largely hostile, although //[|The New York Times]// noted "a powerful play [in a] driving performance."[|[4]] Nonetheless, the production won the 1953 "Best Play" [|Tony Award].[|[5]] A year later a new production succeeded and the play became a classic.[|[6]] Today it is studied in high schools and universities, because of its status as a revolutionary work of theater and for its allegorical relationship to testimony given before the [|House Committee On Un-American Activities] during the 1950s. It is a central work in the canon of American drama
 * ~ The Crucible ||
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 * ~ Written by || [|Arthur Miller] ||
 * ~ Characters || [|Abigail Williams]
 * ~ Date premiered || January 22, 1953 ||
 * ~ Place premiered || [|Martin Beck Theatre], [|New York City] ||
 * ~ Original language || [|English] ||
 * ~ Subject || [|Salem witch trials] ||
 * ~ Genre || [|Tragedy], [|Drama] ||
 * ~ Setting || [|Salem, Massachusetts] ||
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