Written in the early 1950s, Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible takes place in Salem, Massachusetts during the 1692 Salem Witch Trials. This was a time when paranoia, hysteria, and deceit gripped the Puritan towns of New England. Miller captured the events in a gripping story that is now considered a modern classic in the theater. He wrote it during the "Red Scare" and used the witch trials as a metaphor for the 'witch hunts' of communists in America, and is still relevant with today's political climate.
