"The Crucible" Is Just About Witches
The Tony Awards are this Sunday, so all week we’ve been talking stage-to-film adaptations. Here’s Goody Jorge with the mother of all allegorical plays…
At this point everyone knows that The Crucible is not about the Salem Witch trials.
Arthur Miller’s 1953 play is a very straightforward and less-than-obvious allegory for the McCarthy era and the prosecution of believed Communists in the U.S. It has become a staple of American theater and inspired dozens of generations to think twice before finger-pointing.
Underneath even its Red Scare themes, the play is about much more...