Arthur Miller's Lost Opportunity

In an election season marked by finger-pointing, bitter political infighting, and gender anxiety, the time is ripe for a revival of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, the semi-fictional dramatization of the Salem Witch Trials that will premiere in a much-anticipated Broadway production this April. Miller wrote The Crucible--the most frequently performed of all his plays--in response to the atmosphere of suspicion and treachery surrounding the hearings led by Senator Joseph McCarthy's House Committee ...