The Afflicted by Kate Mattingly

I didn't really understand the greatness of Arthur Miller's The Crucible until I learned that he wrote the play in 1953 at the time of McCarthyism, and that the House of Representatives' Committee on Un-American Activities questioned Miller in 1956. Then the play's themes of suspicion, fear, and other-ing, or demonizing what we cannot squelch [...]The post The Afflicted appeared first on DC Theatre Scene.  &#160…

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