In other words: When you tell one story to help represent what is going on with something else.Allegory: The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form.Written about US events in the 1600’s as an allegory to the US events of the 1950’s.This was an anti-Communist crusade in the early 1950’s.Also conducted internal screening programs on federal government employees conducted by the FBI.McCarthy felt that the people they summoned were anti-American and that this justified the extreme, even extra-legal measures.McCarthyism – termed after Senator Joseph McCarthy.The biggest threat was Communist Russia.Fear of Communism spreading in the United States.The Crucible’s Relationship to the 1950’s Salem witch trials were taking place because of fear and accusations.University of Michigan (began writing plays).Adultery is acceptable in today’s society.Withholding the truth is the same thing as telling a lie.People are willing to accept the consequences of their actions.Most people have certain fundamental beliefs that they are not willing to compromise.(Another thing i remember is how the married women were addressed as "Goody" the sound of Melvyn Douglas's voice and Fritz Weaver's voice saying "Goody" to Coleen Dewhurst is a vivid memory. (I know that Jacqueline Andre played the part in the 1953 Broadway production, and Vinette Carroll went to France in 1957 to play the part in the film starring Yves Montand and Simone Signoret, but who played the part in 1967?) Of all the Abigails, Tuesday Weld is the only one to really bring out the sexual assertiveness, and how the thwarting of sexual expression can become "demonic". One thing: who played Tituba? I can't remember, and i can find no listing (anywhere) as to who played that part in this TV production. She was able to bring so much depth to the part, and such ferocity! I've seen several stage versions of the play, as well as the 1957 French film and the 1996 film version: no one has ever been better than Tuesday Weld. Most of all, Tuesday Weld gave the finest performance of Abigail i've ever seen. I remember details of Coleen Dewhurst's performance, her rich, deep voice quivering with disbelief as the accusations mount. But haven't seen it since (so far as of 2013 not available on DVD), but the acting was astounding.
Saw this version of THE CRUCIBLE when it was first broadcast: it made a big impression on me.
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