#25 in Drama & theatre
The Crucible
- 152
- Pages
- about 3 h
- Reading time
- Film 1996 +1
- On screen
- Tony Award for Best Play
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About the book
The Crucible is a 1953 play by the American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay from 1692 to 1693. Miller wrote the play as an allegory for McCarthyism, when the United States government persecuted people accused of being communists. Miller was later questioned by the House of Representatives' Committee on Un-American Activities in 1956 and convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to identify others present at meetings he had attended.
On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen 2 times — from 1957 to 1996.
Adaptation data: Wikidata · On screen →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.0 across 708 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 83% of the weight and the score stays at 7.1 — the Drama & theatre average of 7.6 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 6.8 | 86 | 12% |
| Hardcover | 7.0 | 622 | 88% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Crucible?
It has 152 pages — longer than 55% of the ranked books in Drama & theatre.
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