Follow us on Instagram at @weirdgirlbookclub_pod to keep up with new episode releases. RIP Giles Corey, you would have loved a Wetherspoons.In this week’s episode we are joined by friend of the pod Goody Kruger to discuss Arthur Miller’s 1953 play The Crucible (as well as the 1996 film adaptation directed by Nicholas Hytner), based on the real life events of the Salem Witch Trials. In 1692 in the small village of Salem, Massachusetts, the ten-year-old daughter of Reverend Samuel Parris is taken ill and refuses to wake: as more and more girls succumb to terrifying visions and accusations of witchcraft fly, the community of Salem is gripped by mounting fear and hysteria.At the heart of the play is John Proctor, a farmer who, though initially dismissive of the rumours of witchcraft, is eventually called to defend his wife Elizabeth and must ultimately grapple with his own humanity in the face of a world that is rapidly descending into chaos.If you have ever paid a witch on Etsy to cast you a love spell(or had a crush that got a little out of hand…): this one’s for you. x

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