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The Crucible

Arthur Miller · 1953

Salem, 1692. A group of girls claim to see the devil, and the town tears itself apart. Miller wrote it in 1953 as a direct allegory for McCarthyism, and he got called before HUAC for his trouble. The play outlived the politics: it gets revived whenever a society starts demanding loyalty oaths.

Drama · the Pro canon

The case for it, the case against, and the rest of the canon open with Pro.