The Crucible Reader’s Theater

We will read segments of Arthur Miller’s the Crucible in class in Reader’s Theater format. Here’s how Reader’s Theater Works:

  1. Read the play

  2. Sign up for a role to read to the class (Perform this with some pizzazz! We don’t expect you to act, but you need to read with a character’s conviction)

  3. Get extra credit!

Your “performance” of the text (and your extra credit) will be dependent upon you aptly fulfilling the following:

  1. Read with conviction, volume, and expression

  2. Display accurate and clear pronunciation

  3. Pay close attention to the text as we read it (you are failing miserably if we have to call upon you bring you back for your part of the performance)

ROLE ASSIGNMENTS:

ACT 1

  • Reverend Parris

  • Betty Parris

  • Tituba

  • Abigail Williams

  • Susanna Walcott

  • Mrs. Ann Putnam

  • Thomas Putnam

  • Mercy Lewis

  • Mary Warren

  • John Proctor

  • Rebecca Nurse

  • Giles Corey

  • Reverend Hale

Act II

  • Elizabeth Proctor

  • John Proctor

  • Mary Warren

  • Reverend Hale

  • Giles Corey

  • Francis Nurse

  • Ezekiel Cheever

  • Marshal Herrick

Act III

  • Judge Hathorne

  • Mortha Corey

  • Giles Corey

  • Deputy Governor Danforth

  • Marshal Herrick

  • Ezekiel Cheever

  • Reverend Parris

  • Francis Nurse

  • John Proctor

  • Mary Warren

  • Abigail Williams

  • Mercy Lewis

  • Susanna Walcott

  • Elizabeth Proctor

  • Reverend Hale

Act IV

  • Marshal Herrick

  • Sarah Good

  • Tituba

  • Deputy Governor Danforth

  • Judge Hathorne

  • Ezekiel Cheever

  • Reverend Parris

  • Reverend Hale

  • Elizabeth Proctor

  • John Proctor

  • Rebecca Nurse