The Crucible is a 1953 play by American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692–93. Miller wrote the play as an allegory for McCarthyism, when the United States government persecuted people accused of being communists.
Adaptations (2)
The Crucible has been adapted into 2 films, from 1957 to 1996.
The Crucible1957 · film · 145 min · dir. Raymond Rouleau · IMDb ↗IMDb7.2Salem 1692. The young Abigail, seduced and abandoned by John Proctor, accuses John's wife of being a witch in revenge. A series of tragic trials soon befall Salem as fear and suspicion blur the lines of reality.
The Crucible1996 · film · 124 min · dir. Nicholas Hytner · IMDb ↗A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.
