Essay Archive - The Crucible
The Crucible
The Crucible was written by Arthur Miller and, in the Northern
production, directed by Deborah Barton-Moore. The play is set in Salem,
Massachusetts, 1692, where suspicions of witchcraft were floating around
the town air. The play opens with Betty Parris sick in bed, and Reverend
Parris tending to her, and wondering what made her so sick. Soon Abigail
Williams saunters in, and through much probing, Reverend Parris eventually
finds out that she, Tituba, Susanna Walcott and Betty were all involved
together in a secret practicing of witchcraft. Abigail tells of a dance
around a cauldron, in....
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