The Crucible (Arthur Miller)

The Crucible (by Arthur Miller) is presented by L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook app combines a professional audio recording with supplemental features for download-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.

It’s 1692 in the small Massachusetts village of Salem. A group of girls fell ill, with hallucinations and seizures. In the extremely religious context of Puritan New England, prominent members of the community see the Devil at work. In the rigid theocracy of Salem, Massachusetts, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town.

This play famously mirrors the anti-Communist hysteria that held the United States in its grip in the 1950s.

The Crucible won the Tony Award for Best Play in 1953.

An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance starring (in alphabetical order):

Richard Dreyfuss as Reverend John Hale • Stacy Keach as John Proctor • Ed Begley Jr. as Thomas Putnam • Michael York as Reverend Parris • Hector Elizondo as Giles Corey • Irene Aranga as Mercy Lewis • Rene Auberjonois as Deputy Governor Danforth • Georgia Brown as Rebecca Nurse • Jack Coleman as Marshal Herrick • Bud Cort as Ezekiel Cheever • Judyann Elder as Tituba • Fionnula Flanagan as Elizabeth Proctor • Ann Hearne as Susanna Walcott • Carol Kane as Mary Warren • Anna Sophie Loewenberg as Betty Parris • Marian Mercer as Mrs. Ann Putnam • Franklyn Seales as Judge Hathorne • Madolyn Smith as Abigail Williams • Joe Spano as Francis Nurse

Directed by Martin Jenkins.

DURATION: About a 2 hour performance.