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How successful is the film in presenting Millers Play “The Crucible”?  

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How successful is the film in presenting Millers Play "The Crucible" Personally I believe that the film is an excellent rendition of the play. It has been modified and lengthened to become successful in the cinema style with added scenes and cinematic techniques. The actors are very good at portraying the characters the way I believed them to be in the play and the setting is definite with the authentic buildings and costume. The film relies much more on telling the audience what is going on visually than with speech as in the play because of the cinemas ability to do this. Scenes have been edited to increase understanding of what is going on. All this together makes "The Crucible" a very good film on a very good play. The characters in the film are very well portrayed but I feel that the following were by far the best. Proctor seems a...

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