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| | ACT I of Benton County presents THE CRUCIBLE, April 20, 21, 22, 2001 |
 | | The incident begins in the spring of 1692 in the household of Reverend Samuel Parris, a widower who has served the village of Salem, Massachusetts for three years as a minister of the Puritan faith. |
 | | Reverend Hale of Beverly, an expert on witchcraft, is sent for, and before long a major tribunal is set up in Salem, led by Deputy Governor Danforth. |
 | | A young farmer, John Proctor, the elderly Rebecca and Francis Nurse, and the feisty old Giles Corey, struggle to bring reason to the village before it is too late. |
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