The Crucible
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend The Crucible, Arthur Miller's classic play about the witch-hunts and trials in seventeenth-century Salem, Massachusetts, is returning to Broadway. To mark the occasion, Penguin is pleased to offer this beautiful hardcover edition. "A powerful drama." (Brooks Atkinson, The New York Times)… Product details and pricing info |
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43 Customer Reviews Posted
- Great for teachers!
- This follows the play 99% of the time - every once in a while a word is substituted or a phrase turned around, but that's it. My students had no problem following the play. In fact, they prefer the taped reading over reading aloud in class. I'm in a Title I school with a high percentage of behavior problems and this was a "God send." The students listened much better with the taped reading.
The actors are animated and match the personalities of the characters. I recommend it highly. - 2008-11-02, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Hard to follow along
- I bought this cd set to read the play along with my students. It's very theatrical and there are a lot of sound effects. The actors go so fast, that it's hard to follow along if you're reading the play. There's a lot of mumbling, sighing, heavy-breathing. Anyway, if you are wanting to just listen to it, this is a great purchase. If you want to read along, I would try a different cd set.
- 2008-09-22, 1 of 1 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Fantastic
- I love this book. It is accurate and an easy read. I finished it in about a day. In addition to the the play, there are other related readings enclosed which give more insight to historical events and other perspectives. Out of all the copies I own, this is one of the better ones. A great deal, ships quickly and reasonably priced.
- 2007-11-21, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Another L.A. Theatre Works Success
- I have to admit that I was a big fan of L.A. Theatre Works long before I purchased The Crucible. L.A. Theatre Works has a weekly presentation of its performances on Sonic Theater, a XM Radio station.
This particular production is pretty much an all-star cast with the likes of Michael York and Richard Dreyfus. I purchased it as a tool for teaching The Crucible in my American literature class. - 2007-11-18, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- A great read of the play by professionals
- The L.A. Theatre Works' rendition of Miller's _The Crucible_ is an excellent demonstration of the actor's craft, as the tenor, pitch and emotive power of the play bring the characters to life. On the recommendation of Amazon reviewers, I used this for my English class (in addition to the Daniel Day-Lewis / Winona Rider DVD and a class read-around) to get a feel for the play and the various theatrical interpretations of the work.
As a previous reviewer noted, there are some differences between the audio version and Miller's script, but they are minor, and if one is not using the entire CD, a moot point. The performances are fantastic, and, as others have mentioned, it certainly gives life to the written word. Outside of a classroom, I couldn't recommend it, but as a teaching tool, it is first-rate. - 2007-10-02, 1 of 1 people found this review helpful, Rated:
