6 audition scenes from The Crucible. Available as monologue & duologues — ready to download for self-tapes, drama school auditions, and practice.
Written by Arthur Miller
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Characters: Mary Warren
Mary Warren, a young servant caught up in the Salem witch trials, hysterically describes how she felt a 'misty coldness' in court and realized Sarah Good was bewitching her. She justifies the court's actions to John Proctor by explaining that the woman could not recite her Ten Commandments.
Characters: Mary Warren
Mary Warren returns from the Salem court and describes the physical sensations of hysteria she experienced while accusing Sarah Good. She explains how the court trapped the old woman by forcing her to recite the Ten Commandments.
Characters: Mary Warren
Mary Warren describes the physical and psychological sensations she experienced in court while accusing Sarah Good of witchcraft. She recounts how the realization of the woman's 'guilt' came to her through a physical manifestation of hysteria and the woman's inability to recite the Ten Commandments.
Characters: Judge Danforth
Judge Danforth explains the legal logic of the Salem witch trials to Reverend Hale. He argues that because witchcraft is an 'invisible crime,' the court must rely solely on the testimony of the victims rather than traditional legal defense.
Characters: Mary Warren
Mary Warren returns from the Salem court and hysterically describes how she became convinced of Sarah Good's witchcraft. She explains the physical sensations of the 'curse' and the evidence that led to the woman's condemnation.
Characters: Mary Warren
A hysterical, fearful, self-righteous, accusatory Mary Warren's monologue from "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller. Genre: drama.
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These two monologues offer contrasting ways of making an accusation sound credible. Danforth explains the court’s reasoning from a position of authority; Mary Warren describes an experience she takes as evidence of witchcraft. Choose between defending an institution and persuading someone to believe what happened to you.
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Authority through an argument
Danforth explains why an “invisible crime” requires the court to rely on its alleged victims. The speech gives you a sequence of claims to make convincing, rather than an instruction to play anger throughout.
Try in rehearsal: Try treating each question as if its answer should settle the matter. What does resistance from your listener do to that certainty?
Fear becoming conviction
Mary recounts how physical sensations in court convinced her that Sarah Good was bewitching her. The passage moves from reluctance to accuse toward certainty that she has recognized a threat.
Try in rehearsal: Choose when recalling the event begins to feel like living it again. Keep trying to convince your listener, rather than demonstrating fear to the room.
Identify the listener and the objection you need to overcome. Danforth can pursue agreement through measured reasoning; Mary can try to make her listener experience the events she describes. Build the argument thought by thought before deciding where greater volume or urgency is useful.
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