Arthur Miller
1) The Crucible
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English
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A haunting examination of groupthink and mass hysteria in a rural community The place is Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, an enclave of rigid piety huddled on the edge of a wilderness. Its inhabitants believe unquestioningly in their own sanctity. But in Arthur Miller's edgy masterpiece, that very belief will have poisonous consequences when a vengeful teenager accuses a rival of witchcraft—and then when those accusations multiply to consume the...
2) Broken glass
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Series
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English
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This 1994 Broadway play mixes Freudian ideals with human weakness as Sylvia Gellburg becomes paralyzed after learning of the pogroms in Nazi Germany. Her husband, Phillip has a stroke after an argument with his boss. Together, with the help of their doctor, the couple discovers that their ailing marriage may be to blame.