The Crucible at Shakespeare’s Globe: 'classic study of hysteria and herd behaviour' - 3/5 The Globe take on Arthur Miller’s ...

A society ruled by hysteria. Lurid lies that carry more currency than reality. There’s no shortage of reasons that Arthur ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Miller’s original ‘Crucible' is set in 1692 Salem, Massachusetts, when the historical witch trials occurred. The play was Miller’s way to discuss ...

To understand why the dramatized witch hunt remains important is to look at the world today, the divisions facing us, and the power of scapegoat and blame in a post-factual society. Two quotes ...

Ola Ince’s production of the Arthur Miller play represents the first time a modern classic has been staged in the Globe Theatre ...

“Then Woody Allen called Me Too a ‘witch hunt’ in an interview. I felt the need to reread The Crucible,” says Belflower. That reassessment proved to be the creative kindling in her min ...

In response, Miller decided to investigate writing a play about an earlier witch hunt ... Miller wrote The Crucible with a sense of urgency. Two of his central themes – betrayal and guilt ...

“The Crucible” is a 1953 play by American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the 1690 ...

Others followed suit, because they suffered the effects of witchcraft, or because they had observed it, often decades in the past. By early spring it was established not only that witches flew ...