Oxford Playscripts: the Crucible

Author: Arthur Miller
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780198438342
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
Brand new edition of Miller's classic tragedy that brings it alive for 14-16 students. With the clearest and most accessible design, together with supporting activities, biography and contextual information targeting exactly the right level, this edition provides comprehensive, relevant and engaging support for students.

The Crucible

Author: Arthur Miller
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 110104246X
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description
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

The Crucible

Author: Arthur Miller
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0140481389
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 161

Oxford Playscripts: Salem

Author: David Calcutt
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780198321033
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
An engaging classroom playscript. In 1692, 19 people were executed for witchcraft and the whole village was engulfed in fear. But what actually happened in Salem? This play re-tells the Witch Trials by combining historical evidence with a healthy dose of imagination, and exploring the build-up of hysteria in the village. It covers important issues of prejudice and peer pressure, gang mentality, suspicion and fear. A more accessible version of events, Salem is ideal for preparation work for The Crucible. It also acts as an interesting comparison text to Miller's play, placing emphasis on different events and characters. New, innovative activities specifically tailored to support the KS3 Framework for Teaching English and help students to fulfil the Framework objectives. Activities include work on Speaking and Listening, close text analysis, and the structure of playscripts, and act as a springboard for personal writing.

The Crucible

Author: Miller Arthur
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 140

Book Description

The Crucible

Author: Arthur Miller
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1474225772
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 124

Book Description
Now a major film from 20th Century Fox This is the first-ever adaptation of Arthur Miller's twentieth century classic for the big screen. Set in the 17th century, it famously mirrors the communist "witch-hunts" of McCarthyism in 50s America. A fascinating and disturbing dramatisation of the collective psychology of persecution it shows all too painfully how even a close-knit rural community can be desolated once doubt and suspicion take hold.

The Crucible

Author: Arthur Miller
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Salem (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

Oxford Playscripts: Death of a Salesman

Author: Arthur Miller
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780198438359
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
Brand new edition of Miller's award-winning play that brings it alive for 16-18 students. With the clearest and most accessible design, together with supporting activities, biography and contextual information targeting exactly the right level, this edition provides comprehensive, relevant and engaging support for students.

The Crucible

Author: Arthur Miller
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1474225543
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
This Student Edition of The Crucible is perfect for students of literature and drama and offers an unrivalled guide to Miller's classic play. It features an extensive introduction by Susan C. W. Abbotson which includes: a chronology of Miller's life and times; a summary of the plot and commentary on the characters, themes, language, context and production history of the play. Together with over twenty questions for further study, detailed notes on words and phrases from the text and the additional scene 2 of the second Act, this is the definitive edition of the play. In a small tight-knit community gossip and rumour spread like wildfire inflaming personal grievances until no-one is safe from accusation and vengeance. The Crucible is Miller's classic dramatisation of the witch-hunt and trials that besieged the Puritan community of Salem in 1692. Seen as a chilling parallel to the McCarthyism and repressive culture of fear that gripped America in the 1950s, the play's timeless relevance and appeal remains as strong as when the play opened on Broadway in 1953.

The Crucible

Author: Arthur Miller
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780822202554
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 95

Book Description