The Crucible: A Play In Four Acts

The Crucible: A Play In Four Acts

Based on historical people and real events, Arthur Miller's play uses the destructive power of socially sanctioned violence unleashed by the rumors of witchcraft as a powerful parable about McCarthyism.ReviewWinner of the National Book Award Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American LettersAbout the AuthorArthur Miller (1915-2005) was born in New York City and studied at the University of Michigan. His plays include?ll My Sons?1947),?eath of a Salesman?1949),The Crucible (1953), A View from the Bridge and A Memory of Two Mondays (1955),After the Fall (1963),Incident at Vichy (1964),The Price (1968),The Creation of the World and Other Business (1972) andThe American Clock (1980). He also wrote two novels, Focus (1945), andThe Misfits, which was filmed in 1960, and the text forIn Russia (1969),Chinese Encounters (1979), andIn the Country (1977), three books of photographs by his wife, Inge Morath. His later work included a memoir,?imebends?1987); the playsThe Ride Down Mt. Morgan (1991),The Last Yankee (1993),Broken Glass (1994), andMr. Peter's Connections (1999);?choes Down the Corridor: Collected Essays, 1944-2000; and?n Politics and the Art of Acting?2001). He twice won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, and in 1949 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Miller was the recipient of the National Book Foundation?s 2001 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the Prince of Asturias Award for Letters in 2002, and the Jerusalem Prize in 2003.Christopher Bigsby is a professor of American Studies at the University of East Anglia. He edited the Penguin Classics editions of Miller's?he Crucible,?eath of a Salesman, and?ll My Sons.Excerpt. ?Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.THE CRUCIBLEARTHUR MILLER was born in New York City in 1915 and studied at the University of Michigan. His plays include All My Sons (1947), Death of a Salesman (1949), The Crucible (1953), A View from the Bridge and A Memory of Two Mondays (1955), After the Fall (1964), Incident at Vichy (1965), The Price (1968), The Creation of the World and Other Business (1972), and The American Clock (1980). He has also written two novels, Focus (1945) and The Misfits, which was filmed in 1960, and the text for In Russia (1969), In the Country (1977), and Chinese Encounters (1979), three books of photographs by Inge Morath. His most recent works include a memoir, Timebends (1987), the plays The Ride Down Mt. Morgan (1991), The Last Yankee (1993), Broken Glass (1994), and Mr. Peters? Connections (1999), Echoes Down the Corridor: Collected Essays, 1944-2000, and On Politics and the Art of Acting (2001). He has twice won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, and in 1949 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.?HRISTOPHER BIGSBY has published more than twenty books on British and American culture. His works include studies of African-American writing, American theater, English drama, and popular culture. He is the author of two novels, Hester and Pearl, and he has written plays for radio and television. He is also a regular broadcaster for the BBC. He is currently professor of American Studies at the University of East Anglia, in Norwich, England.BY ARTHUR MILLERDRAMA The Golden Years The Man Who Had All the Luck All My Sons Death of a Salesman An Enemy of the People (adaptation of a play by Ibsen) The Crucible A View from the Bridge After the Fall Incident at Vichy The Price The American Clock The Creation of the World and Other Business The Archbishop?s Ceiling The Ride Down Mt. Morgan Broken Glass Mr. Peters? Connections?NE-ACT PLAYS A View from the Bridge, one act version, with A Memory of Two Mondays Elegy for a Lady (in Two-Way Mirror) Some Kind of Love Story (in Two-Way Mirror) I Can?t Remember Anything (in Danger: Memory!) Clara (in Danger: Memory!) The Last Yankee?THER WORKS Situation Normal The Misfits (a cinema novel) Focus (a novel) I Don?t Nee