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9 de jul. de 2019 · Written in the early 1950s, Arthur Miller’s play "The Crucible" takes place in Salem, Massachusetts, during the 1692 Salem witch trials . This was a time when paranoia, hysteria, and deceit gripped the Puritan towns of New England. Miller captured the events in a riveting story that is now considered a modern classic in the theater.
As a climate of fear spreads through the community, private vendettas fuel public accusations and soon the truth itself is on trial. Arthur Miller’s gripping parable of power and its abuse returns in an urgent new staging by director Lyndsey Turner (Under Milk Wood, Top Girls). A production from National Theatre Filmed by National Theatre Live.
The Crucible. 13+ · 1996 · Drama/Basadas en Hechos Reales · 1 h. 58 m. Después de que un grupo de chicas adolescentes sea acusado de brujería en la puritana comunidad de Salem, Massachusetts, en 1692, Abigail Williams es procesada por prácticas de brujería. Abigail presenta a su vez cargos contra John Proctor y su esposa Elizabeth, ya ...
Elizabeth Proctor. Elizabeth Proctor is another key character in ‘ The Crucible ‘ by Arthur Miller. She is the loyal and sometimes cold wife of John Proctor and a highly moral woman, a devout Christian who is very conscious of her reputation. Elizabeth has a strength that stands out among the easy-to-convince members of her community.
The Crucible is a fictionalized account of the Salem Witch trials of 1692, in which 19 innocent men and women were killed by hanging and hundreds convicted before the panic subsided. Yet while The Crucible depicts one witch-hunt, it was written during another. In the 1950s, during the first years of the Cold War, a Senator named Joseph McCarthy rose to power by whipping the nation into a ...
1 de ene. de 1996 · Books. The Crucible: Revised Edition. Arthur Miller. Penguin, Jan 1, 1996 - Drama - 512 pages. A haunting examination of groupthink and mass hysteria in a rural community The place is Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, an enclave of rigid piety huddled on the edge of a wilderness. Its inhabitants believe unquestioningly in their own sanctity.
Arthur Miller (1915–2005) was born in New York City and studied at the University of Michigan. His plays include All My Sons (1947), Death of a Salesman (1949), The Crucible (1953), A View from the Bridge and A Memory of Two Mondays (1955), After the Fall (1963), Incident at Vichy (1964), The Price (1968), The Creation of the World and Other Business (1972) and The American Clock (1980).
