The Crucible Notes
Act 1
Set, Lighting, Sound
- Painted backdrop reflecting springtime
- No unnecessary furniture to reflect Puritan values of simplicity
- Bare, timer-clad, beige-brown plastered walls
- All pieces of furniture to be made of bare timber with any nails visible and exposed
to reflect Puritan modest values of 1642
- A golden crucifix hung on the wall to reflect Rev. Paris’ materialism while attempting
to appear Puritan
- 3-legged chair, common of time period due to wonky floor
- Bible propped up by bedside table to show religious importance
- Overall, Fresnel beige-white lighting with a golden, soft edged spotlight through the
window emulating spring sun
- Spring sounds
Act 2
Set, Lighting, Sound
- A simple cross on the wall to reflect Puritan values, maybe askew to reflect the
Proctors’ imminent downfall due to the town’s strong religion
- Dim, brown-yellow lighting to reflect fire place lighting in a dark room
- All pieces of furniture to be made of bare timber with any nails visible and exposed
to reflect Puritan modest values of 1642
- Pump for water with small cracked ceramic bowls off to the side
- Painted field back drop at night through windows/door
- Wooden table and chairs, very old and worn
- Soft edged, red-orange spotlight directed onto fireplace to mimic fire
- Very basic metal bucket acting as a cooking pot to represent basic necessities valued
by Puritan’s, hanging over a very worn, grey stone slapped together as a rough
chimney with mortar clearly seeping through the bricks
Act 3
Set, Lighting, Sound
- Open rafters for the birds to sit on
- A large, see through glass cross at the back of the stage to show the foreboding idea
of religion upon the whole town
o Maybe lighting from behind it, so it reflects its shadow onto the ground
▪ Proctor can walk all over the cross, as if to show his disdain for the
views and how he is going against the village
- Harsh, white par can lighting to show the sudden serious change in tone
Act 1
Set, Lighting, Sound
- Painted backdrop reflecting springtime
- No unnecessary furniture to reflect Puritan values of simplicity
- Bare, timer-clad, beige-brown plastered walls
- All pieces of furniture to be made of bare timber with any nails visible and exposed
to reflect Puritan modest values of 1642
- A golden crucifix hung on the wall to reflect Rev. Paris’ materialism while attempting
to appear Puritan
- 3-legged chair, common of time period due to wonky floor
- Bible propped up by bedside table to show religious importance
- Overall, Fresnel beige-white lighting with a golden, soft edged spotlight through the
window emulating spring sun
- Spring sounds
Act 2
Set, Lighting, Sound
- A simple cross on the wall to reflect Puritan values, maybe askew to reflect the
Proctors’ imminent downfall due to the town’s strong religion
- Dim, brown-yellow lighting to reflect fire place lighting in a dark room
- All pieces of furniture to be made of bare timber with any nails visible and exposed
to reflect Puritan modest values of 1642
- Pump for water with small cracked ceramic bowls off to the side
- Painted field back drop at night through windows/door
- Wooden table and chairs, very old and worn
- Soft edged, red-orange spotlight directed onto fireplace to mimic fire
- Very basic metal bucket acting as a cooking pot to represent basic necessities valued
by Puritan’s, hanging over a very worn, grey stone slapped together as a rough
chimney with mortar clearly seeping through the bricks
Act 3
Set, Lighting, Sound
- Open rafters for the birds to sit on
- A large, see through glass cross at the back of the stage to show the foreboding idea
of religion upon the whole town
o Maybe lighting from behind it, so it reflects its shadow onto the ground
▪ Proctor can walk all over the cross, as if to show his disdain for the
views and how he is going against the village
- Harsh, white par can lighting to show the sudden serious change in tone
