Shelby’s re-analysis of The Crucible and John Proctor make for not simply a skillful and convincing piece of literary analysis, but also reveals to the group how shaky their view of the world is ...

New York. Despite the seeming spoiler of a title, John Proctor is not the malefactor in “John Proctor Is the Villain,” a clever and potently entertaining drama by Kimberly Belflower at the ...

Playwright Kimberly Belflower and director Danya Taymor reveal how the Tony-nominated play 'John Proctor Is the Villain' made it to Broadway, with help from 'Stranger Things' star Sadie Sink and ...

Recounting a conversation she had with her father about “The Crucible,” Belflower recalled that it was she, not he, who said that “John Proctor is the villain.” The article has been corrected.

Namely, Miller’s supposedly honorable John Proctor is a grown man who, before the action of “The Crucible,” had an affair with and then fired his young maid Abigail Williams.

‘John Proctor Is the Villain’ Broadway Review: Sadie Sink Deconstructs ‘The Crucible’ The “Stranger Things” star returns to the stage in yet another play about white male toxicity ...

What if the virtuous John Proctor, the hero of Arthur Miller’s acclaimed play "The Crucible" about the Salem witch trials, is not the hero? Skip to main content. WBUR.