Because it is my name! Massachusetts, 17th century. Worrisome events start taking place in Salem; a pagan naked dance ritual, an unexpected death at child birth, a small girl suddenly falling into catatonic state, people missing church. Nothing terribly out of ordinary, but just enough to raise concern. Gossip spreads, the town speaks of witchcraft, and when people start raising pointing fingers and accusations are laid, all hell breaks loose; the frenzy turns the town ablaze, and suspects sta...

abigail was just a silly girl in love 😔 she almost got the entirety of Salem's population hung but who could blame her really ???

En Todos eran mis hijos me quejaba un poquito de cierto esquematismo en la construcción de los personajes, de la falta de matices. Pues bien, aquí todo ello es mucho más llamativo, pero es que aquí, realmente, no hace falta más, de hecho, es lo apropiado. El título original de la obra es “El crisol”, lo que nos indica desde el principio que el texto no es tanto una obra de personajes, una crítica de actitudes y comportamientos, que también, sino una forma de hacer entendible como un despropósito...

🌙 My visit to Salem in late October, with the wind rising and the trees and leaves flying, brought all the wicked injustice of the Puritans home.

✨A significant book and play.

🐈‍⬛ As always, I encourage you to either read the play and then watch a performance 🎭 or watch a performance and then read the play. Theater is not a novel so it’s best enjoyed acted out in film or on the stage

I love this play because Arthur Miller wrote it to remind us of why [literal and metaphorical] witch hunts are dangerous. Why it’s important to have a fair trial. Why it’s important not to give in to mob mentality and fear mongering.

Sadly, it’s 2025 and we still aren’t listening.


Read the play. Watch the play. Watch the movie. Idgaf. Everyone familiarize yourself with the history so we can finally stop being hysterical idiots.




P.S.—Giles and Martha Corey were badasses.

JOHN PROCTOR: What... what are we doing here? Where are we?ELIZABETH PROCTOR: We're in a review, John. JOHN PROCTOR: A review?JOHN HALE: Yes, a review. Newt Gingrich has been encouraging people to read The Crucible. We've agreed to help him.SAMUEL PARRIS: It's our duty, John. We're in the middle of the second worst witch hunt in American history. JOHN PROCTOR: The second worst?SAMUEL PARRIS: Yes, the second worst. After what's going to happen to Donald Trump in 2017. But at least our case is rem...

“Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life.”"The Crucible" is many things. A piece of great American theatre, a gift to actors, and a wonderful read! One thing it is not is a piece of history, so be warned. Too many people read this as a historical text, despite Arthur Miller's explicit instructions in the play's notes to not do so, and thus they miss the forest for the trees. This is not an examination of the Salem Witch Trials, but rather a fictional rendering of a histor...

I hate to rate this so low when it seems that the only people who do so are those forced to read it by a cruel teacher. I'm even more troubled by the fact that I haven't seen anyone else bring up what bothers me about this play.Yes, it's well written -- that is, the dialogue is expertly handled. There are truly beautiful passages, such as this one:I came into this village like a bridegroom to his beloved, bearing gifts of high religion; the very crowns of holy law I brought, and what I touched w...

Woman in Salem, MA (1692): *Exists*
Puritans:

[Photo Text: House GOP tweeting "This is all heresy"]

This is a magnificent play about what happens when hysteria takes over a society and evil people gain access to the levers of power; something, alas, which happens all too frequently.The focus of the story is John Proctor's struggle to redeem himself from the horrible guilt he has suffered since committing adultery with Abigail. This is indeed very moving. But for some reason, the part I think of most often is a detail concerning one of the minor characters, Giles Corey, who dies offstage halfwa...