The Crucible - Acting Edition

by Arthur Miller

• ISBN13: 9780822202554
• ISBN10: 0822202557
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1954-01-02
• Publisher: DRAMATIST'S PLAY SERVICE

Summary

THE STORY: The story focuses upon a young farmer, his wife, and a young servant-girl who maliciously causes the wife's arrest for witchcraft. The farmer brings the girl to court to admit the lie-and it is here that the monstrous course of bigotry and deceit is terrifyingly depicted. The farmer, instead of saving his wife, finds himself also accused of witchcraft and ultimately condemned with a host of others.

Table of Contents

Editor's Note	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
The Crucible	p. 3
Precision and Pseudo Precision in the Crucible	p. 19
The Long Shadow of the Law: the Crucible	p. 33
Arthur Miller's the Crucible: Background and Sources	p. 55
John Proctor's Playing in the Crucible	p. 69
The Crucible of History: Arthur Miller's John Proctor	p. 77
History, Myth, and Name Magic in Arthur Miller's the Crucible	p. 83
History and Other Spectres in Arthur Miller's the Crucible	p. 95
The Crucible	p. 113
Betrayal and Blessedness: Explorations of Feminine Power in the Crucible, a View from the Bridge, and After the Fall	p. 123
John Proctor and the Crucible of Individuation in Arthur Miller's the Crucible	p. 153
Re(dis)covering the Witches in Arthur Miller's the Crucible: a Feminist Reading	p. 165
Arthur Miller's ""Weight of Truth"" in the Crucible	p. 177
Chronology	p. 187
Contributors	p. 193
Bibliography	p. 195
Acknowledgments	p. 197
Index	p. 199
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