num_pages: 138
description: The "Heinemann Plays" series offers contemporary drama and classic plays in durable classroom editions. Many have large casts and a mixure of boy and girl parts. "The Crucible" is a study of the events which led to the 1692 Salem witchcraft trials, and a parable for 1950s McCarthyism in the USA.
language: English
title: The Crucible
titlecomplete: The Crucible
characters: Rev. Parris, John Proctor, Deputy Governor Danforth, Mary Warren, Abigail Williams, Rebecca Towne Nurse, Tituba, Giles Corey, Elizabeth Proctor
genres: Fiction, Plays, Historical, Drama, School, Literature, Read For School, Classics, High School, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 394751
places: Salem, Massachusetts, Massachusetts
awards: awardedAt: -536428800000
name: New York Drama Critics' Circle Award
category: Best American Play
publisher: Heinemann ed