I watched the play first and then read the text, but I adored it even more for it. Needless to say, that this play is as relevant as ever today, and "witch hunt" is still used as a popular rhetoric in politics. He wrote the play as an allegory for the contemporary hysteria and accusations surrounding communism propaganda. Arthur Miller wrote his version of the events based on the evidence, adding some fictional elements and changes to the story. This is going to be the review of both the text of "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller and the Old Vic production of 2014, which was shown in Cineplex on July 2, 2017.Įverybody has heard of Salem witch trials, one of the most well known cases of mass hysteria in Colonial America between 16, that resulted in trials and executions of over a dozen of people accused of witchcraft and consorting with devil.
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