The Crucible! This is possibly my favorite play ever. Written my Arthur Milller, this play is about the Salem Witch Trials and the corrupt system of discerning witches from normal towns folk. The play is basically about the girls of the village trying to do witch craft and getting caught. Obviously their only option is to pin the blame on someone else or they would be hanged. The kicker with this way of thinking is that if you confessed, you would not be killed but simply known by the entire own as a witch and have your name blackened among the towns people, or tell them that you aren't a witch (aka the truth) and be accused of lying and ultimately hanged. John Proctor (my favorite) is one of the people in the village to refuse to sign his name stating that he is a witch. He said that he didn't want his name blackened. The stage directions in the Crucible really help understand exactly what is going on. In the course scene, for example, when Abigail is leading the girls in a ridiculous lie where spirits are flying around, the stage directions help by stating who is pointing where, who is speaking over one another, and where everyone is running/moving. Basically, this play is the bees knees.
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