The Crucible. Poster of the 1996 movie and cover of the 1953 book
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The Crucible
Arthur Miller, 1953
movie vs book
Nicholas Hytner, 1996

Early one morning in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, a group of young village girls meet in the woods with a Barbadian slave named Tituba. One of the girls, Abigail Williams, kills a chicken and drinks the blood, wishing for John Proctor’s wife to die. They are discovered by Abigail’s uncle, Reverend Samuel Parris.