The Crucible

The Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller in 1953. It is based on the events surrounding the 1692 witch trials of Salem, Massachusetts. Miller wrote about the event as an allegory for McCarthyism and the Red Scare, which occurred in the United States in the 1950s. Miller was himself questioned by the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1956.

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Play - Arthur Miller - 1953 - 1692 - Witch trials - Salem - Massachusetts - Allegory - McCarthyism - Red Scare - United States - 1950s - House Committee on Un-American Activities - 1956

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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 the play is often studied in high schools around the world.

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Broadway - January 22 - 1953 - High school

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The play has been adapted for film twice, once by Jean-Paul Sartre in the 1957 film Les Sorcières de Salem and nearly forty years later by Miller himself, in the 1996 film of the same name; Miller's adaptation earned him an Academy Award nomination. The play was also adapted by composer Robert Ward into an opera, which was first performed in 1961 and received the Pulitzer Prize.

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Film - Jean-Paul Sartre - 1957 film - Les Sorcières de Salem - 1996 film - Of the same name - Academy Award - Composer - Robert Ward - Opera - 1961 - Pulitzer Prize

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