num_pages: 128
description: A film screenplay of Miller's classic play recounts the hysteria that gripped Salem, Massachusetts, during the seventeenth-century witch trials, accompanied by an introduction by Arthur Miller and an essay by the director of the up-coming feature film. Original. Movie tie-in.
language: English
title: The Crucible
titlecomplete: The Crucible
characters: John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor, Abigail Williams, Rev. Parris, Rebecca Towne Nurse, Tituba, Mary Warren, Deputy Governor Danforth, Giles Corey
genres: Classics, Drama, Historical, Plays, Read For School, High School, School, Historical Fiction, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 394671
places: Massachusetts, Salem, Massachusetts
awards: awardedAt: -536428800000
name: New York Drama Critics' Circle Award
category: Best American Play
publisher: Penguin Books