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Programme Information

A powerful adaptation of the classic stage play about a Puritan community in seventeenth century Massachusetts awash in guilt, denial, and hysteria when a ring of lustful teenage girls begins accusing its citizens of witchcraft. When one man fights to retain his integrity in the face of madness, the adolescent slander invariably extends to him.

Keywords:

Drama, History, Based-on-Play, Based-on-True-Story, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1996) (USA) (3 Star)

Cast:

Daniel Day-Lewis	.... John Proctor
Winona Ryder	.... Abigail Williams
Paul Scofield	.... Judge Thomas Danforth
Joan Allen	.... Elizabeth Proctor
Bruce Davison	.... Reverend Parris
Rob Campbell	.... Reverend Hale

Supporting Cast:

Jeffrey Jones	.... Thomas Putnam
Peter Vaughan	.... Giles Corey
Karron Graves	.... Mary Warren
Charlayne Woodard	.... Tituba
Frances Conroy	.... Ann Putnam
Elizabeth Lawrence	.... Rebecca Nurse
George Gaynes	.... Judge Samuel Sewall
Mary Pat Gleason	.... Martha Corey
Robert Breuler	.... Judge Hathorne

Directors:

Nicholas Hytner

Writers:

Arthur Miller