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It's a shame I waited this long to see it! For a basic plot summary, 'The Crucible' is a story set during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. What I quickly discovered, however, is that Arthur Miller's tale here is truly one for the ages. That's probably the reason why it took me so long to actually see this version of 'The Crucible', as I thought of it as 'old' or 'not exciting enough'. В A L.A.Sometimes, movies that are designated as 'classic' suffer from a strange sort of reverse- discrimination. Most moving is Stacy Keach as John Proctor, who fights to salvage some good from the trials that destroy Salem.'

The young girls playing at witchcraft shriek in irregular counterpoint to the quiet, terrifying judgments rendered by Reverend Harris (Michael York), and doubt is ever more audible in the voice of Reverend Hale (Richard Dreyfuss). The star-studded cast ratchets the tension to a disturbing level as the town disintegrates. In a searing portrait of a community engulfed by panic - withВ ruthless prosecutors, and neighbors eager to testify against neighbor - The Crucible famously mirrors the anti-Communist hysteria that held the United States in its grip in the 1950вЂ™s.Īudiofile Magazine review: 'At once an allegory of the 1950s' anti-communist witch hunts and a spotlight on seventeenth-century witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts, this play shows how ignorance and good intentions can interweave to destroy lives. In the rigid theocracy of Salem, Massachusetts, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town. Richard Dreyfuss and Stacy Keach stars in Arthur MillerвЂ™s classic The Crucible, a central work in the canon of American drama that remains required reading in most high school and college English courses.

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