AUTHOR OF “THE CRUCIBLE” Arthur Miller. Miller’s Background English major at the University of Michigan Member of the Federal Theater Project Became a.

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AUTHOR OF “THE CRUCIBLE” Arthur Miller

Miller’s Background English major at the University of Michigan Member of the Federal Theater Project Became a well-known playwright (Death of a Salesman, Radio Plays for CBS)

The (Second) Red Scare Intervenes… The Communist Party of the United States of America House Committee on Un-American Activities and Joseph McCarthy

The Naming of Names Elia Kazan is called before the HUAC and “outs” several members of the Group Theater as communists in 1952 Miller began to focus more deeply on the study the Salem Witch Trials, finding them to be an excellent parallel for the Red Scare.

The Creation of The Crucible On January 22nd, 1953, Miller debuted The Crucible on Broadway. Not an early success, but there was staying power.