The crucible :a play in four acts
- 作者: Miller, Arthur,
- 出版: Harmondsworth, Eng. ;New York : Penguin Books 1976.
- 稽核項: 152 pages ;20 cm.
- 叢書名: Penguin plays
- 標題: Trials (Witchcraft) , Salem (Mass.) , Trials (Witchcraft) Drama. , Salem (Mass.) History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Drama. , History
- ISBN: 0140481389 , 9780140481389
- 附註: Machine derived contents note: The Crucible -- A Note on the Historical Accuracy of This Play -- Act One (An Overture) -- Act Two -- Act Three -- Act Four -- Echoes Down the Corridor -- Cast -- Appendix.
- 摘要: The play centers on the Salem witch trials of the late seventeenth century and the problem of guilt by association.
- 系統號: 005202802
- 資料類型: 圖書
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- 引用網址: 複製連結
A haunting examination of groupthink and mass hysteria in a rural community The place is Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, an enclave of rigid piety huddled on the edge of a wilderness. Its inhabitants believe unquestioningly in their own sanctity. But in Arthur Miller's edgy masterpiece, that very belief will have poisonous consequences when a vengeful teenager accuses a rival of witchcraft—and then when those accusations multiply to consume the entire village. First produced in 1953, at a time when America was convulsed by a new epidemic of witch-hunting, The Crucible brilliantly explores the threshold between individual guilt and mass hysteria, personal spite and collective evil. It is a play that is not only relentlessly suspenseful and vastly moving but that compels readers to fathom their hearts and consciences in ways that only the greatest theater ever can. "A drama of emotional power and impact" —New York Post
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