The+Crucible

= = The Crucible

By: Taylor Carpenter Scott Essen Adam Knott Nick Oliver

//**The Crucible**// is a 1952 play by Arthur Miller. Based on the events surrounding the 1692 witch trials of Salem, Massachusetts, Miller used that event as an allegory for McCarthyism and the Red Scare, which was a period of time in which Americans were in fear of communism and the government blacklisted accused communists. The Red Scare occurred in the United States in the 1950s. Miller himself was questioned by the House 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 the play is often studied in high schools and universities, both because of its status as a revolutionary work of theatre and as a document to political events of the 1950s. //The Crucible// is generally regarded as one of the best plays of the modern era, due to its deep and captivating plot **[www.wikipedia.com]**



Act I

Act II

Act III

Act IV

Plot Summary

http://www.teachtheteachers.org/projects/AMoore/Crucible.htm