Arthur Miller’s The Crucible dramatizes the most notorious of all mass trials for witchcraft. The play was inspired by Miller’s own experiences at the hands of the House Un-American Activities Committee, and “witch-hunt” has become shorthand for organized persecution, real or imagined. Our panel discusses the phenomenon and what it may tell us about mob rule and misogyny.

Panellists:
Jonathan Goad, director of The Crucible
Joanna E. Rapf, Emerita Professor of English and Film & Video Studies, University of Oklahoma, and Visiting Professor, Dartmouth College
Nancy Rhoden, Associate Professor, Department of History, Western University

Moderator:
Robert Cushman, writer and journalist