TY - BOOK AU - MILLER Arthur TI - The crucible: a play in four acts SN - 9780142437339 (pbk) : PY - 2003/// CY - New York PB - Penguin Classics N2 - Play based on real events in seventeenth century Salem Massachusetts, Miller's play about witch hunts and trials reflects American anti-communist hysteria and paranoia created by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 20th century ER -