The Crucible (1996) on Netflix
In 1692 Salem, Massachusetts, girls meet in the woods with Tituba to try love spells. Abigail Williams, who had an affair with John Proctor, accuses his wife Elizabeth of witchcraft.
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Plot summary
Village girls in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692 join Tituba, a slave, in the woods to try love spells. Abigail Williams kills a chicken and drinks the blood, wishing for the death of Elizabeth, the wife of John Proctor, who had an affair with Abigail. Abigail's uncle, Reverend Samuel Parris, finds the girls, and his daughter Betty falls unconscious. Betty will not wake, and neither will Ruth, the daughter of Thomas and Ann Putnam. To avoid punishment, Abigail accuses Tituba of witchcraft, and the girls begin naming other women.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Crucible (1996)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Various characters' ages were changed for the story, making Abigail Williams older and John Proctor younger when in reality they were approximately 12 and 60 years old.
- Miller and Kazan were close friends through the late 1940s and early 1950s, and Kazan had directed the original production of Miller's Death of a Salesman, but after Kazan's testimony to the HUAC their friendship ended and they did not speak for ten years.
