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Tragic Events in Salem: The Witch Trials

Witness the unfolding of the dramatic events that took place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 during the infamous witch trials. Explore the intimate settings of the Parris home, Proctor's house, the vestry, and the Salem jail. Immerse yourself in this dark and gripping tale of fear, accusation, and the fight for justice.

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Tragic Events in Salem: The Witch Trials

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  1. Act I A small upper bedroom in the home of Parris, Salem Massachusetts, in the spring of the year 1692. There is a narrow window at the left. Through leaded panes the morning sunlight streams. A candle still burns near the bed, WHICH IS RIGHT. A chest, a chair, and a small table are the other furnishings. At the back a door opens on the landing of the stairway to the ground floor. The room gives off an air of clear spareness. The roof rafters are exposed, and the wood colours are raw and unmellowed.

  2. ACT I Key Bed Chest Window Small table Candle Door Chair Treads Wooden rafters

  3. Act II • The common room of Proctor’s House • At the right is a door opening on the fields outside. • A fireplace is at the LEFT and behind it a stairway leading upstairs • It is the low, dark and rather long living room of the time. • As the curtain rises, the room is empty, From above, Elizabeth is heard softly singing to the children. • Presently the door opens and Proctor enters, carrying his gun. He glances about the room as he comes toward the fireplace, then halts for an instant as he hears her singing. He continues to the fireplace, leans the gun against the wall as he swings a POT out of the fire and smells it. Then he reaches to the CUPBOARD, takes a pinch of salt, and drops it into the pot. As he is tasting again, her footsteps are heard on the stair. He swings the pot into the fireplace and goes to a BASIN and washes his hands and face.

  4. ACT II key Table Chair Cupboard basin Fireplace Door Treads Gun rack

  5. Act III • The vestry (waiting room) of the Salem meeting house, now serving as the anteroom of the General Court • As the curtain rises, the room is empty, but for SUNLIGHT pouring through the TWO HIGH WINDOWS in the back wall. • The room is solemn, even forbidding. • Heavy beams jut out, boards of random widths make up the walls. • At the right are two doors leading into the meeting house proper, where the court is being held. • At the LEFT another door leads outside. • There is a plain bench at the left, and another at the right. • In the CENTRE a rather long meeting table, with stools and a considerable armchair snugged up to it. • Through the partitioning wall at the right we hear a prosecutor’s voice, Judge Hathorne, asking a question; then a woman’s voice, Martha Corey’s, replying

  6. ACT III Key Wooden beam Table Chair Bench Window Door

  7. Act IV • A cell in Salem jail, that fall • At the back is a high barred window, near it a great heavy door • Along the walls are two benches. • The place is in darkness but for the MOONLIGHT seeping through the bars. It appears empty. • Presently footsteps are heard coming down a corridor beyond the wall, keys rattle, and the door swings open. • Marshal Herrick enters with a lantern. He is nearly drunk and heavy footed. He goes to a bench and nudges a bundle of rags lying on it.

  8. ACT IV Key Window Door Cell bars Entrance/exit Bench

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