At first the idea that Goodie Proctor is a witch is only an absurd rumor. John Proctor and his wife, farm people, are the central characters or the play. Miller goes bluntly to essential situations. Having a sure instinct for dramatic form, Mr. Before the play is over good people of pious nature and responsible temper are condemning other good people to the gallows. Puritan dress gradually take possession of Salem. Silly accusations of witchcraft by some mischievous girls in For "The Crucible," despite its current implications, is a self-contained play about a terrible period in American history.
Miller is not pleading a case in dramatic form.
Miller nor his audiences are unaware of certain similarities between the perversions of justice then and today.īut Mr. Riffling back the pages of American history, he has written the drama of the witch trials and hangings in Salem in 1692. "The Crucible," it is called, and it opened at the Martin Beck last evening in an equally powerful performance. The Crucible By BROOKS ATKINSON rthur Miller has written another powerful play.
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