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The Crucible (Wikipedia)
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Wikipedia's dedicated article on Arthur Miller's The Crucible, stating it premiered on Broadway January 22, 1953, is set in an isolated Puritan theocracy in the Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1692 to 1693, dramatizes the Salem witch trials, and was written by Miller as an allegory for 1950s McCarthyist anti-communist persecution. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Tier three, general reference encyclopedia entry, matching this database's established convention for Wikipedia citations. Used for the play's authorship, premiere date and setting, cross checked against the University of Virginia Library's Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive for the specific Congregational identity of the church depicted. Citation
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URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crucible
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This source names Massachusetts directly: "Puritan theocracy in the Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1692 to 1693, dramatizes the Salem witch trials, and was written by Miller as an allegory for 1950s McCarthyist anti-communist persecution."
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Claims Backed By This Source (45 claims)
This source backs 45 claims across the atlas. As facts: 39 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Literary Works, 37 claims: 33 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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