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The Crucible
THE CRUCIBLE BY ARTHUR MILLER

CAST (in order of appearance)

|Reverend Parris |Fred Stewart |
|Betty Parris |Janet Alexander |
|Tituba |Jacqueline Andre |
|Abigail Williams |Madeleine Sherwood |
|Susanna Walcott |Barbara Stanton |
|Mrs. Ann Putnam |Jane Hoffman |
|Thomas Putnam |Raymond Bramley |
|Mercy Lewis |Dorothy Joliffe |
|Mary Warren |Jennie Egan |
|John Proctor |Arthur Kennedy |
|Rebecca Nurse |Jean Adair |
|Giles Corey |Joseph Sweeney |
|Reverend John Hale |E.G. Marshall |
|Elizabeth Proctor |Beatrice Straight |
|Francis Nurse |Graham Velsey |
|Ezekiel Cheever |Don McHenry |
|Marshal Herrick |George Mitchell |
|Judge Hathorne
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