The Crucible

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play tragedy

The Crucible is a 1953 play by Arthur Miller that uses the Salem witch trials as an allegory for McCarthy-era anti-communist hysteria in the United States.

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Label	Occurrences
The Crucible canonical	32
The Crucible (1996 film)	3
The Crucible (1953 play)	2
The Crucible (stage production)	2
"The Crucible"	1
The Crucible (1953 Broadway production)	1
The Crucible (1953)	1
The Crucible (1957 film)	1
The Crucible (film, 1996)	1
The Crucible (stage)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	play ⓘ tragedy ⓘ
adaptedAs	The Crucible self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Crucible (1957 film) The Crucible self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Crucible (1996 film)
allegoryFor	McCarthy-era anti-communist investigations ⓘ McCarthyism ⓘ surface form: Red Scare
author	Arthur Miller ⓘ
awarded	Tony Award ⓘ surface form: Tony Award for Best Play
awardYear	1953 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateWritten	1952 ⓘ
directorOfPremiere	Jed Harris ⓘ
dramaticForm	realist drama ⓘ
firstPublicationForm	play script ⓘ
genre	historical drama ⓘ
hasCharacter	Abigail Williams ⓘ Elizabeth Proctor ⓘ Giles Corey ⓘ John Proctor ⓘ Judge Danforth ⓘ Mary Warren ⓘ Rebecca Nurse ⓘ Reverend John Hale ⓘ Samuel Parris ⓘ surface form: Reverend Samuel Parris Tituba ⓘ
historicalBasis	Salem witch trials of 1692–1693 ⓘ
includedIn	American high school curricula ⓘ American university literature courses ⓘ
literaryPeriod	20th-century American drama ⓘ
mainSubject	McCarthyism ⓘ Salem witch trials ⓘ false accusations ⓘ integrity ⓘ mass hysteria ⓘ
notableQuote	"Because it is my name!" ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
premiereDate	1953 ⓘ
premiereLocation	Broadway Theatre District ⓘ surface form: Broadway
premiereTheatre	Martin Beck Theatre ⓘ
producerOfPremiere	Kermit Bloomgarden ⓘ
screenwriterFor1996Film	Arthur Miller ⓘ
settingPlace	Salem, Massachusetts ⓘ
settingTime	1692 ⓘ
structure	four acts ⓘ
theme	abuse of power ⓘ individual vs. society ⓘ reputation and honor ⓘ the danger of ideology ⓘ
yearPublished	1953 ⓘ

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