2 – the number of dogs executed for witchcraft association. 
81 – the age of the oldest person accused and killed. 43 – the number of people who were “afflicted” by witchcraft. 19 – number of people who were hanged 1 was pressed to death. 4 – the age of the youngest person accused of witchcraft. 140 – number of people who were accused of witchcraft in 1692. 5) When good men do nothing, evil will triumph 6) Absolute power corrupts absolutely. 4) A man’s reputation is worth dying for. 3) Repression, fear, and lies can lead to mass hysteria. 2) The effects of fear on a society can lead to its destruction. 1) People who stand by their beliefs, no matter the cost, ultimately triumph. March 1 - Salem Town Magistrates John Hathorne and Jonathan Corwin examine Tituba, Sarah Good, and Sarah Osborne. They are later arrested for suspicion of witchcraft. 1692 - February 29 - Thomas and Edward Putnam, Joseph Hutchinson and Thomas Preston swear complaints against Tituba, Sarah Good, and Sarah Osborne. William Griggs, concludes the girls are bewitched. February - The Salem Village physician, Dr. More young girls in Salem Village also fall ill. January 20 - Samuel Parris' nine year old daughter, Betty, falls ill. 1689- June 18 - Samuel Parris is officially hired as the Salem Village minister. Does courage mean you do something even though it can be difficult and fearsome?. Is a person truly innocent until proven guilty?. Is it more difficult to forgive yourself if the person you have hurt doesn‘t forgive you?. Is it better to die for what you believe in rather than to lie to save your life?. Is confessing to a crime you didn‘t commit in order to avoid punishment wise?. Most moving is Stacy Keach as John Proctor, who fights to salvage some good from the trials that destroy Salem." The young girls playing at witchcraft shriek in irregular counterpoint to the quiet, terrifying judgments rendered by Reverend Harris (Michael York), and doubt is ever more audible in the voice of Reverend Hale (Richard Dreyfuss). The star-studded cast ratchets the tension to a disturbing level as the town disintegrates. In a searing portrait of a community engulfed by panic - withВ ruthless prosecutors, and neighbors eager to testify against neighbor - The Crucible famously mirrors the anti-Communist hysteria that held the United States in its grip in the 1950’s.Īudiofile Magazine review: "At once an allegory of the 1950s' anti-communist witch hunts and a spotlight on seventeenth-century witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts, this play shows how ignorance and good intentions can interweave to destroy lives. In the rigid theocracy of Salem, Massachusetts, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town. 
Richard Dreyfuss and Stacy Keach stars in Arthur Miller’s classic The Crucible, a central work in the canon of American drama that remains required reading in most high school and college English courses.
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