Object Details
- author
- Miller, Arthur
- Description
- Arthur Miller's play The Crucible premiered at New York City's Martin Beck Theater in 1953. Broadway audiences easily understood the story, set during the period of the Salem Witch Trials, as a critique of the anti-communist fervor engulfing the nation. Miller drew on his experiences being questioned by the U.S. House of Un-American Activities Committee, led by Senator Eugene McCarthy, when writing the tragedy.
- Starring Arthur Kennedy, Madeline Sherwood, Walter Hapden, Beatrice Straight, and E.G., Marshall,The Crucible won the 1953 Tony for best new play. It has now considered one of the most important works of American theater, with its text being read as part of many American High Schools' curriculum.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1953
- ID Number
- 2016.0149.01
- accession number
- 2016.0149
- catalog number
- 2016.0149.01
- Object Name
- playbill
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9 in x 6 5/8 in; 22.86 cm x 16.8275 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, New York
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Theater
- Record ID
- nmah_1808783
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-7ca8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
