The Crucible

  • The Crucible is a 1953 play by Arthur Miller about the Salem witch trials of 1692.
  • Reverend Parris finds some girls dancing naked in the forest who claim they were bewitched. A special court investigates these allegations.
  • Over a hundred of Salem's citizens are accused of witchcraft. One of them, Elizabeth Proctor, proclaims her innocence to her husband, John, who had an affair with a girl named Abigail. 
  • Realizing that Abigail has incited this witch hunt, John admits his adultery to save his wife, only to be convicted of devil worship. John is hanged while his pregnant wife is spared.
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