In the rigid theocracy of Salem, Massachusetts, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town. In a searing portrait of a community engulfed by panic - with ruthless prosecutors, and neighbors eager to testify against neighbor - The Crucible famously mirrors the anti-Communist hysteria that held the United States in its grip in the 1950's. A Tony Award Winner for Best Play. A BBC and KCRW co-production. Recorded at Culver Studios, Culver City in March 1988. Directed by Martin Jenkins. Producing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergAn L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance starring: Irene Aranga as Mercy Lewis René Auberjonois as Deputy Governor Danforth Ed Begley Jr. as Thomas Putnam Georgia Brown as Rebecca Nurse Jack Coleman as Marshal Herrick Bud Cort as Ezekiel Cheever Richard Dreyfuss as Reverend John Hale Héctor Elizondo as Giles Corey Judyann Elder as Tituba Fionnula Flanagan as Elizabeth Proctor Ann Hearne as Susanna Walcott Carol Kane as Mary Warren Stacey Keach as John Proctor Anna Sophie Loewenberg as Betty Parris Marian Mercer as Mrs. Ann Putnam Franklyn Seales as Judge Hathorne Madolyn Smith as Abigail Williams Joe Spano as Francis Nurse Michael York as Reverend Parris
