he HUAC and was later held in contempt of Congress-published his play The Crucible. A work centering on the effects of the Salem witch trials in 1692, the play is often associated with the HUAC trials of the 1950s. While Miller somewhat denies these correlations, he speaks of the lack of "plays that reflect the soul-racking, deeply unseating questions that are being inwardly asked on the street, in the living room, and on the subways" in a New York Times article published just months before The Crucible appeared. In the same article Miller says, "Is the knuckleheadedne
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