The Crucible

The Crucible is a 1953 play by American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692–93. Miller wrote the play as an allegory for McCarthyism, when the United States government persecuted people accused of being communists. Miller was questioned by the House of Representatives' Committee on Un-American Activities in 1956 and convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to identify others present at meetings he had attended.

《萨勒姆的女巫》原名《炼狱》。该剧是美国剧作家亚瑟·米勒1953年的一部作品。剧本取材于1692年至1693年发生于马萨诸塞湾萨勒姆镇的塞勒姆审巫案。米勒撰写该剧影射美国政府奉行麦卡锡主义，将许多所谓共产主义者列入黑名单的事件。。赢得了1953年托尼奖的最佳剧本奖。该剧从此成为经典。它是美国戏剧典范中的重要作品之一。