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About the Play
This Tony Award-Winner for Best Play about the Salem witch trials written as an allegory for McCarthyism by Miller.
Story:
The story focuses upon a young farmer, his wife, and a young servant-girl who maliciously causes the wife's arrest for witchcraft. The farmer brings the girl to court to admit the lie—and it is here that the monstrous course of bigotry and deceit is terrifyingly depicted. The farmer, instead of saving his wife, finds himself also accused of witchcraft and ultimately condemned with a host of others.
Fun Fact
Miller originally named the play Those Familiar Spirits.
Broadway Premiere
- Theatre
- Martin Beck Theatre
- Opening Night
- Jan 22, 1953
- Total Performances
- 197
- Original Cast
- Arthur Kennedy, Walter Hampden, E. G. Marshall, Beatrice Straight, Jean Adair, Janet Alexander, Jacqueline Andre, Raymond Bramley, Philip Coolidge, Jenny Egan, Adele Fortin, Jane Hoffman, Dorothy Jolliffe, Donald Marye, Don McHenry, George Mitchell, Madeleine Sherwood, Barbara Stanton, Fred Stewart, Joseph Sweeney, Graham Velsey
- Director
- Jed Harris
- Producer
- Kermit Bloomgarden
- Scenic Design
- Boris Aronson
- Costume Design
- Edith Lutyens
1964 Broadway Revival
- Theatre
- Belasco Theatre
- Opening Night
- Apr 06, 1964
- Total Performances
- 16
- Original Cast
- Fred Ainsworth, Clinton Anderson, Osceola Archer, Richard Bowler, Susan Carr, Thayer David, Denholm Elliott, Farley Granger, Pamela Gruen, Mary Hara, Anne Meacham, Kelly Jean Peters, Jerome Raphel, Betty Sinclair, Barbara Stanton, George Turner, G. Wood, Ben Yaffee
- Director
- Jack Sydow
- Producer
- Michael Dewell, Frances Ann Dougherty and The American National Theatre and Academy
- Scenic Design
- Peter Larkin
- Costume Design
- Alvin Colt
- Lighting Design
- Tharon Musser
1972 Broadway Revival
- Theatre
- Vivian Beaumont Theatre
- Opening Night
- Apr 27, 1972
- Total Performances
- 44
- Original Cast
- Philip Bosco, Crickett Coan, Jerome Dempsey, Kathleen Doyle, Stephen Elliott, Pauline Flanagan, Robert Foxworth, Richard Greene, Ben Hammer, Nora Heflin, Martha Henry, Richard Kline, Aline MacMahon, Theresa Merritt, Stuart Pankin, Pamela Payton-Wright, Robert Phalen, Wendell Phillips, Doris Rich, Alexandra Stoddart, Sydney Walker, Mark Woods
- Director
- John Berry
- Producer
- Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center
- Scenic Design
- Jo Mielziner
- Costume Design
- Carrie Fishbein Robbins
- Lighting Design
- Jo Mielziner
1991 Broadway Revival
- Theatre
- Belasco Theatre
- Opening Night
- Dec 10, 1991
- Total Performances
- 31
- Original Cast
- Jane Adams, Nell Balaban, John Beal, Danielle Ferland, John Fiedler, Andrew Hubatsek, Bruce Katzman, George N. Martin, Peter McRobbie, Genia Sewell Michaela, Maryann Plunkett, Madeleine Potter, Brian Reddy, Molly Regan, Martha Scott, Martin Sheen, Priscilla Smith, Patrick Tull, Fritz Weaver, Carol Woods, Michael York
- Director
- Yossi Yzraely
- Producer
- National Actors Theatre
- Scenic Design
- David Jenkins
- Costume Design
- Patricia Zipprodt
- Lighting Design
- Richard Nelson
- Sound Design
- T. Richard Fitzgerald
2002 Broadway Revival
- Theatre
- Virginia Theatre
- Opening Night
- Mar 7, 2002
- Total Performances
- 101
- Original Cast
- Laura Linney, Liam Neeson, Tom Aldredge, Angela Bettis, John Benjamin Hickey, Brian Murray, Christopher Evan Welch, Stephen Lee Anderson, Kristen Bell, Laura Breckenridge, Jennifer Carpenter, Betsy Hogg, J. R. Horne, Patrice Johnson, Sevrin Anne Mason, Paul O'Brien, Jeanne Paulson, Frank Raiter, Dale Soules, Helen Stenborg, Henry Stram, Jack Willis
- Director
- Richard Eyre
- Producer
- David Richenthal, Manocherian / Leve / Boyett, Max Cooper, Allan S. Gordon, Roy Furman, Us Productions, Élan V. McAllister, Adam Epstein and Margo Lion
- Scenic Design
- Tim Hatley
- Costume Design
- Tim Hatley
- Lighting Design
- Paul Gallo
- Sound Design
- Scott Myers
2016 Broadway Revival
- Theatre
- Walter Kerr Theatre
- Opening Night
- Mar 31, 2016
- Total Performances
- 125
- Original Cast
- Ciarán Hinds, Sophie Okonedo, Saoirse Ronan, Ben Whishaw, Bill Camp, Tavi Gevinson, Jason Butler Harner, Jim Norton, Tina Benko, Teagle F. Bougere, Michael Braun, Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut, Jenny Jules, Thomas Jay Ryan, Elizabeth Teeter, Ray Anthony Thomas, Brenda Wehle, Erin Wilhelmi
- Director
- Ivo van Hove
- Producer
- Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Roger Berlind, William Berlind, Len Blavatnik, Roy Furman, Peter May, Jay Alix & Una Jackman, Scott M. Delman, JFL Theatricals, Heni Koenigsberg, Daryl Roth, Jane Bergère, Sonia Friedman, Ruth Hendel, Stacey Mindich, Jon B. Platt, Megan Savage, Spring Sirkin and Tulchin Bartner Productions
- Scenic Design
- Jan Versweyveld
- Costume Design
- Wojciech Dziedzic
- Lighting Design
- Jan Versweyveld
- Sound Design
- Tom Gibbons
- Video Design
- Tal Yarden
1996 Film Version
- Movie Name
- The Crucible
- Type
- Hollywood Feature Film
- Director
- Nicholas Hytner
- Screenplay
- Arthur Miller
- Starring
- Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield
2014 Film Version
- Movie Name
- The Crucible
- Type
- Filmed Live on Stage
- Director
- Yaël Farber
- Starring
- Richard Armitage, Harry Attwell, Samantha Colley
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2016 Tony Award Nominations
Best Revival Of A Play
Best Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role In A Play - Sophie Okonedo
Best Performance By An Actor In A Featured Role In A Play - Bill Camp
Best Lighting Design Of A Play
2016 Drama Desk Award Nominations
Outstanding Music In A Play
Outstanding Featured Actor In A Play - Bill Camp
2016 Theatre World Award Nominations
Ben Whishaw
2002 Tony Award Nominations
Best Revival Of A Play
Best Actor In Play - Liam Neeson
Best Actress In A Play - Laura Linney
Best Featured Actor In A Play - Brian Murray
Best Lighting Design
Best Direction Of A Play
2002 Drama Desk Award Nominations
Outstanding Revival Of A Play
Outstanding Actor In A Play - Liam Neeson
Outstanding Featured Actor In A Play - Brian Murray
Outstanding Director Of A Play
1972 Theatre World Award Nominations
Robert Foxworth
1953 Tony Award Nominations
Best Play
Best Featured Actress In A Play - Beatrice Straight
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