lves on trial also found that the people accusing them of witchcraft, also had something against them or would profit from their execution.In reality, the story of "The Crucible" is a recreation of certain events that went on during the early 1700's. 19 men and women and 2 dogs were convicted and hanged for witchcraft in the small village in eastern Massachusetts. Because of dramatic purposes, some of the characters characteristics have been combined into one character. The number of people in certain scenes have been reduced. Only the main characters were kept to keep the point of the story stable. A majority of the main characters lived the same lives as told in the story, and unfortunately some died with the same label on their names. For the set I wanted to make everything really simple and plain the represent how the villagers lives were before the trials. Also because the play was set in 1692, nothing was really modern or fancy, especially Puritans. Most of the furniture is wooden and I wanted to give the audience the feel of the time period. The colors I chose for the sets were mostly dark mahogany, rust reds, and faded grays. For lighting I had wanted a soft light so shine on the set throughout the play. I didn’t want the light to be very bright, but slightly dim. In the ending scene of Act 1, I wanted to light to grow darker as the names of the “witches” were revealed. In Act 2 we are now in John Proctor’s home. There is a fire center right stage cooking stew. The fireplace would be setting off a warm orange glow across the room and various candles would be lit (Not actually. Candles with light bulbs is more like it, just for safety.).The only lighting that would be in Act 3 is the hanging lantern upstage right. I felt that the less light we had in the scene the more people were trying to figure out what was going on, just like the people on trial. Finally Act 4, the Salem jail cell. The window of the...
