Drama. The Crucible is a four-act dramatic play, produced on Broadway and later made into a film. It uses pure dialogue to convey the tension, resolution, and themes, with a few directions for action. It was intended to be performed rather than read.rama. The Crucible is a four-act dramatic play, produced on Broadway and later made into a film. It uses pure dialogue to convey the tension, resolution, and themes, with a few directions for action. It was intended to be performed rather than read.
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas met at at each of Illinois' 7 Congressional districts for the debates which preceded the election for U.S. Senator in 1858.
Connection to the Lincoln assassination: In the assassination story, James P. Ferguson is known as being the man who owned the Greenback Saloon on the north side of Fordâs Theatre. Ferguson was well acquainted with the actor turned assassin, John Wilkes Booth. On the day of Lincolnâs assassination, in the late afternoon hours, Booth had showed off his escape horse to Ferguson and some of the Fordâs Theatre employees. That night, Ferguson secured two tickets to âOur American Cousinâ.