The Crucible : A Play in Four Acts
by Arthur Miller
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- Paperback
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0140480781
- ISBN 13
- 9780140480788
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Harmondsworth, England: Penguin, 1987. Paperback. ' some underlining in pen prev owners name inside. Arthur Miller's powerful and moving play, written in the era of the U.S. McCarthy anti-Communist persecutions, tells the true story of the horrific and pitiless witch-hunts in Salem, Massachusetts, at the end of the 17th century'. (Daily Mail). 126 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.) . Reprint. Soft Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback.
Synopsis
Arthur Miller was born in New York City in 1915 and studied at the University of Michigan. His plays include All My Sons (1947), Death of a Salesman (1949), The Crucible (1953), A View from the Bridge and A Memory of Two Mondays (1955), After the Fall (1963), Incident at Vichy (1964), The Price (1968), The Creation of the World and Other Business (1972) and The American Clock . He has also written two novels, Focus (1945), and The Misfits , which was filmed in 1960, and the text for In Russia (1969), Chinese Encounters (1979), and In the Country (1977), three books of photographs by his wife, Inge Morath. More recent works include a memoir, Timebends (1987), and the plays The Ride Down Mt. Morgan (1991), The Last Yankee (1993), Broken Glass (1993), which won the Olivier Award for Best Play of the London Season, and Mr. Peter's Connections (1998). His latest book is On Politics and the Art of Acting . Miller was granted with the 2001 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He has twice won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, and in 1949 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Christopher Bigsby is professor of American Studies at the University of East Anglia. He edited the Penguin Classics editions of Miller's The Crucible , Death of a Salesman , and All My Sons .
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- Title
- The Crucible : A Play in Four Acts
- Author
- Arthur Miller
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0140480781
- ISBN 13
- 9780140480788
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Place of Publication
- Harmondsworth, England
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Play Four Acts Drama The Crucible
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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