At the 54th Golden Globe Awards, Scofield and Allen were nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress respectively, while Allen received a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the 69th Academy Awards, and Scofield won Best Actor in a Supporting Role at the 50th British Academy Film Awards. The film was screened at the 47th Berlin International Film Festival, where it competed for the Golden Bear. Set during the Salem witch trials, the film follows a group of teenage girls who, after getting caught conjuring love spells in the woods, are forced to lie that Satan had 'invaded' them, and accuse several innocent people of witchcraft.ĭespite underperforming commercially, grossing only $7 million on a $25 million budget, the film received positive reviews, with Day-Lewis, Ryder, Scofield, and Allen earning widespread acclaim for their performances. It stars Daniel Day-Lewis as John Proctor, Winona Ryder as Abigail Williams, Paul Scofield as Judge Thomas Danforth, Joan Allen as Elizabeth Proctor, and Bruce Davison as Reverend Samuel Parris.

Joe Spano as Francis NurseDirected by Martin Jenkins.DURATION: About a 2 hour performance.The Crucible is a 1996 American historical drama film directed by Nicholas Hytner and written by Arthur Miller, based on his 1953 play of the same title.

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Rene Auberjonois as Deputy Governor Danforth.Theatre Works full cast performance starring (in alphabetical order):Richard Dreyfuss as Reverend John Hale 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. In the extremely religious context of Puritan New England, prominent members ofthe community see the Devil at work. A group of girls fell ill, with hallucinations and seizures.

This standalone audiobook app combines a professional audio recording with supplemental features for download-once, grab-and-goanywhere enjoyment.It’s 1692 in the small Massachusetts village of Salem. The Crucible (by Arthur Miller) is presented by L.A.

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