Cheever: Ruth Putnam isn’t in the
courts, neither are the other kids.
you still claim that all these little gals
are involved in witchcraft?
Danforth: Kids, take a seat. Mary
Warren has given her testimony. She
has said that she never saw the Devil.
She also says that none of you have
seen him either. Now, kiddos, this a
court. A court of law. A court of law
that is based on the Bible—the Bible
written by a Holy God—refuses to
allow witchcraft, and claim death as
the penalty for anyone who practices
witchcraft! On the other hand, the
Bible also does not allow people to say
bad things about one another. We are
considering that Mary Warren has
given this testimony to lie to us about
your involvement with witchcraft. We
can also assume that Mary Warren has
been taken by the Devil. If this is really
true, she will be punished—we will
break her neck. Butttttttt, if her words
are true, please just confess it. If you
just ‘fess up, your punishment will be
lighter. Will the real Abigail Williams
please stand up??? **Abby rises** Is
there any truth in what Mary Warren
says?
Mary Warren: Duh, I have nothing to
lie about!
Abigail: It’s not true.
Danforth: Well kids, I hate to do this,
but we will drill a true confession out
of your soul. Are you going to ‘fess up,
or am I going to have to question you
individually?
Danforth turns to Abigail: A itty bitty
puppet was found in Mr. John
Proctor’s house. The puppet had a
needle stickin’ in its belly. Mary
Warren, here, claims that you were
sitting beside her in the courtroom as
she worked on making it. She said
herself that you saw her stick a needle
into its belly so she wouldn’t lose it.
What do you have to say about that?
Abigail: Oh, oh, oh, THAT is a LIE!
Danforth: When you were working at
Proctor’s house did you see any
poppets sitting around?
Abigail: Geeze Louise, Goody Proctor
ALWAYS kept puppets around!
Proctor: Judge, my wife never kept
any puppets in the house. My crazy
servant, Mary Warren, always kept the
puppets… not my WIFE!
Hathorne: But a puppet can hold
powers for up to 15 years, right?
Proctor: I guess, but Mary Warren
swears she never saw a puppet in the
house.
Abigail: Dude, I’m confused… I told
you the truth, so I can’t “’fess” up, as
you say. It’s Mary Warren who lies!
She’s cray cray.
Parris: Well, isn’t it possible…maybe,
just maybe…that the puppets were
hidden to where no one would see
them?
Danforth to Mary: Are you changing
your mind on your testimony? Or do
Proctor: There could be a dragon with
five legs in my house, too, but no one
has ever seen THAT!
Parris: Judge, the whole purpose for
us being here is to find out what the
Proctor is trying to hide.
Danforth: Yes, you’re right. Looks at
Abigail for a moment. Go on, Mr.
Proctor.
Proctor: Judge Danforth, what is it
going to benefit to question this girl??
I mean, really?? What is it going to
benefit Mary?
Proctor: Mary, tell the Governor how
you danced in the woods last night.
Danforth: Do you understand that
you are accusing Abigail Williams with
plotting to commit murder?
Proctor: I do, but she is plotting to
commit murder!
Danforth in disbelief: This girl, THIS
GIRL, this little girl wants to murder
your wife!?!!?!??!
Parris: Judge, this man has done
nothing but try to spread lies about
me and ruin my name in Salem. He,
heDanforth: Hush. You can finish talking
in a minute. Looks to Mary Warren.
Tell me more about this dancing.
Mary Warren: Well, uhmm, uhh,
well, Looks at Abigail who will not
make eye contact with Mary. Mr.
Proctor…he…--
Proctor: She is NOT a little girl!! She
was kicked out of the church twice
this year for laughing during prayer!
She’s not as innocent as you think!!
Proctor: Abigail led the girls away
into the woods. They danced there…
NAKED!!
Danforth shocked and looking at
Abigail: Laughter!? During prayer!?!?!
Parris: Your Honor, this…this is
outrageous!
Parris: Judge, Judge, it wasn’t her
fault!! Tituba had a spell put on her.
She was under Tituba’s power at that
time, but she has apologized for her
wrong-doings. She is right with God
now.
Proctor: Judge, Mr. Parris found these
girls a-dancin’ naked HIMSELF! And
you called Abigail a child…what child
dances naked in the woods!?
Giles: Yeah right! She’s “right” with
God now, but she wants to lie about
other people and make them hang!?
Danforth surprised again, and looks to
Parris for an explanation: Would you
care to explain this, Mr. Parris?
Danforth: SHUT UP!
Parris: Sir, sir, I did NOT find any of
them naked!! See, I told you, Mr.
Proctor is making up lies about me!
Hathorne: Why do we need to
question her?? He is accusing her of
murder!
Danforth: But, you did find them
dancing in the woods? Abigail, is this
true?
Hale: Judge, when I first came to
Salem, that is what Mr. Parris told me.
Danforth: Can you deny this Mr.
Parris?
Parris: I cannot. I did not see any of
the girls naked!
Danforth: But were they dancing??
Parris: …Yes, sir.
Danforth sees Abigail through new
eyes.
Hathorne: Judge, will you please
allow me? As he points to Mary
Warren.
Danforth: Yes, please proceed.
Hathorne: Mary, you say you never
saw any of the Devil’s spirits, that you
were never threatened or hurt in any
way by the Devil or his workers.
Mary Warren: Right, Mr. Hathorne.
Hathorne: And yet, when people who
were accused of witchcraft were in the
courts and you saw them, you said
that you were able to feel the Devil’s
spirit come out of their bodies and
choke you…
Parris: But your skin did turn cold,
right? I mean, I felt it and your skin
was icy. Mr. Danforth, surely you
know what this means!
Danforth: I’ve seen this happen many
times before!
Proctor: She’s already told you—she
was just pretending! She didn’t mean
to faint. Judge, all these girls are
perfect at pretending…I mean, they’re
girls! What do you expect??
Manipulative little crazies…
Hathorne: Let’s see it! Can she
pretend to faint now??
Proctor: Right now?
Parris: Sure, let’s have it! She doesn’t
have any spirits inside of her and
there isn’t anyone in this room that is
accused of witchcraft. Let her body
turn cold now! Let her pretend that
she has been attacked by the Devil
now—let her faint! Turns to look at
Mary Warren. Faint, sister! I said,
“FAINTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!”
Mary Warren: uhhh…Faint???
Parris: Yes. You. Heard. Me. I said,
“FAINT!” Show us how you can
pretend so easily!
Mary Warren: Sir, I’ve already told
you…I was just pretending!
Mary Warren looks to Proctor: I
cannot faint right this second, sir.
Danforth: Huh? Speak up! I can’t hear
you.
Proctor: Uhh..you cannot pretend to
faint??
Mary Warren: I said…THAT IT WAS
ALL JUST PRETEND! I didn’t mean
anything by it, sir.
Mary Warren: Well, I, uhh…I just
can’t do it right now.
Danforth: Why? What’s the issue with
doing it right now?
Mary Warren: I, I, I cannot tell you
that right now…
Danforth: Could it be that the Devil’s
spirit isn’t loose in here, but that it is
in the court?
Mary Warren: But I told you…I didn’t
feel any spirits in the court!
Parris: Then faint now. Prove it to us!
Prove to us that you CAN faint, and
that you were just pretending to faint.
Mary Warren: I can’t tell you how I
did, but I did. I heard the other girls
screaming and since you, Judge,
seemed to believe them, I had no
choice but to agree with you and the
rest of the world who were accusing
them!
Danforth stares at Mary Warren
Parris smiling, but nervous because it
seems as if Danforth believes Mary
Warren’s story: You Honor…surely
you’re not going to believe this girl!?
Parris: Then confess that the Devil’s
spirits attacked you! Confess that the
spirits made you faint!
Danforth turns to Abigail: Abigail. Tell
me the truth, girl. Be careful with how
you answer because God’s wrath can
be terrible on those who murder
others without a legitimate cause. Is it
possible that you were mistaken about
the spirits also? Could you have been
pretending, too?
Mary Warren: No, no, I will not
confess something that is not true.
Abigail: Well, isn’t that a stupid
question?
Parris: Your Honor, she’s trying to
trick us! She is trying to trick the court
and its officials.
Danforth: Abigail, I just want you to
consider the question…could it be
true?
Mary Warren: I am NOT trying to
trick you or anyone else! I used to be
able to faint because I thought I saw
the Devil’s spirits, but I was mistaken!
Abigail: I was stabbed because of the
puppet!! My belly was bleeding from
this injury! I have done my job to
bring justice to those people who are
taken by the Devil—and this is how
I’m rewarded?? I am questioned,
mistrusted, and denied…like I am the
criminal!
Mary Warren stares blankly, then
shakes her head: I…I just can’t do it!
Danforth: You thought you saw the
Devil’s spirits!?
Mary Warren: But I didn’t! I didn’t
see them! I was mistaken!
Hathorne: How could you make this
mistake? How could you think you
saw them one minute, but then claim
that you didn’t the next?
Danforth weakening under the weight
of her words: Abigail, I do not mistrust
you…
Abigail threatening: You think you’re
so high and mighty that Hell cannot
get you? Well, watch yourself! Watch
that you are not taken by the Devil’s
spirits!!
Abigail appears frightened all of a
sudden.
Danforth: What is it, Abigail?
Abigail looks about the room and
clasps her arms together as if she is
cold: I…I am not sure…A cold, cold
wind has come into this room. She
turns to stare at Mary Warren.
Mary Warren terrified and pleading:
Abby!!
Mercy Lewis, shivering: Your Honor,
I’m freezing too!!
Proctor: They are pretending!!
Hathorne touches Abigail’s hand: She
is cold! Touch her, Your Honor!
Mercy Lewis teeth chattering as she
speaks: Mary, did you send this spirit
on me to make me shiver?
Mary Warren: Oh dear Lord, SAVE
ME!
Susanna Walcott: I’m freezing! I’m
freezing, too!
Abigail: It is a wind! The Devil’s wind
sent by Mary Warren!
Mary Warren: Abby!! Please, please
don’t do this!
Danforth: Mary Warren, c’mon.
Seriously. Did you send the Devil’s
spirit on her to witch her?
Mary Warren cries out hysterically and
starts to run, but Proctor catches her.
Mary Warren: Let go of me, Mr.
Proctor!
Abigail, crying out to the heavens: Oh,
Heavenly Father, dear God, please
take away this wind and spirit of the
Devil!
Without any warning, Proctor leaps
towards Abigail and grabs her by the
hair. He pulls her to her feet. She
screams out in pain and Danforth
shouts, “What do you think you’re
doing!?!” Hathorne and Parris shout at
the same time, “LET GO OF HER!!!!” and
above all of their voices, Proctor’s voice
roars:
Proctor: HOW DO YOU CALL OUT TO
THE HEAVENS!?!?!?!?! YOU ARE A
WHORE!!!!!!! A WHORE, I SAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Herrick breaks Proctor’s grip on
Abigail.
Herrick: JOHN!
Danforth: JOHN! What are you
thinking?!
Proctor: She is a whore!!!!!! I know
she is!!!!!
Danforth completely dumbfounded:
You charge this??
Abigail: Mr. Danforth—he is lying!!
Proctor: Watch her! She will try to kill
me for admitting this!
Danforth: Well, you have to prove it!
We cannot overlook this charge
without you proving it!
Abigail: If you’re going to make me
answer that, I will leave and never
come back again!
Proctor trembling because he knows
he is about to ruin his life with this
confession: We had an affair, sir. I slept
with her.
Danforth seems unsure of what to do
next.
Danforth: You. Did. What!? You have
committed adultery!?!?!?!?!?!!
Francis amazed and horrified: John—
you cannot admit to such a thing!
Proctor: Francis, I only wish you were
as evil as I am, then you would know
how terrible of a person I am. I
wouldn’t make this crap up just to
ruin my own name!!
Danforth still dumbfounded by this
admission from Proctor: When did this
affair happen??
Proctor is about to lose it at this time:
We did it in the barn. Eight months
ago. When she was my servant. He is
about to cry…Oh, good grief. God sees
everything, which I know now. Please,
please. See her as the whore she is. My
wife, my dear, precious wife, fired this
girl once she found out. Judge, please,
please forgive me. Abigail thinks she
will take my wife’s place if my wife
dies. In the past, she probably would
have because I thought about her in
that way. I wanted her. But because
she is a whore, she has revenge out on
my family and myself! Punish me as
you see fit, but I had to tell you the
truth.
Danforth in full astonishment of the
confession, turns to Abigail: You deny
every scrap and tittle of this??
Proctor: I have announced my wrongdoing to the whole world. I have
ruined my good name. Now believe
me—my wife is innocent! The only
thing she is guilty of is knowing a
whore when she sees one!
Abigail noticing that Danforth is
looking at her accusingly: Why are you
looking at me like that? I’ll not allow
you to look at me like that! She turns
and starts to leave.
Danforth: YOU WILL NOT MOVE!!
STAY WHERE YOU ARE! Herrick steps
up to block her path. She looks back at
him with fire in her eyes. Mr. Parris, go
find Goody Proctor in the courtroom
and bring her in here.
Parris: But, Judge, I…I—
Danforth, sharply to show his
authority: Bring. Goody. Proctor. In.
Here. NOWWWW!!!!!! Whatever you
do, do NOT tell her what we’ve spoken
of in here. When you come back with
her, knock at the door. To Proctor: Do
you promise that she is an honest
woman?
Proctor: She has never told a lie in
her whole life. She is not able to lie!
Trust me, I’ve had to sacrifice much to
learn this lesson.
Danforth: And you say that she fired
Abigail because she was a whore?
Proctor: You got that right!
Danforth: Good. He turns to Abigail to
talk: If what Proctor says is true, and
Elizabeth Proctor confirms it, may God
have mercy on you! There is a knock at
the door. Just a sec! To Abigail: Turn
around! Turn around! To Proctor: You
turn around too! Both turn their backs
to the door. Make sure that neither of
you turn around to face Goody
Proctor, understand? No one else is to
speak while she is in here. He turns to
face the door and calls for them to
enter. Goody Proctor stands by herself,
searching for her husband in the small
crowded room. Mr. Cheever—take
detailed notes on this testimony. Are
you ready to begin?
Cheever: Yep, I sho’ is ready!
Danforth: Woman, come here.
Elizabeth Proctor comes to him
glancing at Proctor’s back. Look only
at me—not at your husband! Look in
my eyes sir!
Elizabeth: Okay, sir.
Danforth: It has been brought to our
attention that you fired your servant,
Abigail Williams.
Elizabeth: Yesssss, that is true….???
Danforth: What was the reason for
you firing her? There is a slight pause,
and Elizabeth tries to look at her
husband. I said you will look in my
eyes ONLY and not at your husband!
You don’t need any help to answer
me—I’m asking for what you
remember.
Elizabeth not knowing what to say
and sensing that something is going on,
stalls for time: Her service displeased
me…and my husband.
Danforth: In what way did she
displease you, Goody Proctor?
Elizabeth: She was…glances at her
husband for a cue on how to answer.
Danforth: WOMAN! I SAID TO ONLY
LOOK AT ME!!!! Elizabeth looks back at
Danforth. Was she messy? Was she
lazy? What did she do??
Elizabeth: Judge, sir, I…during this
time I was sick. My husband is a good
man. A righteous man! He doesn’t
drink or waste time playing games. He
is always, always working hard. But
when I was sick, you see, I thought he
didn’t love me anymore. I thought he
was beginning to love someone else.
And Abigail..well, Abigail….Elizabeth
looks towards Abigail.
Danforth: LOOK! AT! ME!
Elizabeth: Yes, sir. Abigail Williams…
Danforth: What about Abigail
Williams?
Elizabeth: Well, I began to think that
my husband liked Abigail Williams.
One night I went crazy, and I fired her.
Danforth: Did your husband actually
make moves on Abigail? Did he
actually stop loving you?
Elizabeth in agony: …My husband is a
good man, sir.
Danforth: Soooooo…he didn’t go after
Abigail Williams? He didn’t turn his
attention away from you?
Hale: Well, I believe him!! Points at
Abigail: This girl has always struck me
as a liar. She has—
Elizabeth starts to glance at Proctor:
He…….
Abigail lets out a weird, wild, and
chilling cry. She screams with her head
thrown back looking at the ceiling.
Danforth reaches out to grab her face
so she will only look at him: LOOK AT
MEEEEEE!!!!!! To your knowledge, did
John Proctor commit adultery with
Abigail Williams? Answer my
question!! Is your husband a cheatercheater-pumpkin-eater???
Elizabeth very softly: …No, he’s not.
Danforth: Take her out of here,
officer!
Proctor crying out to her: Tell them
the truth, Elizabeth! I’ve already
confessed!!
Elizabeth: Oh, oh!! The door shuts
behind her.
Proctor: She only wanted to save my
name! You have to believe me!!
Hale: Your Honor, Judge, sir…It is only
natural that one would tell a lie to
protect the one they love. Please, stop
this madness before someone else is
condemned who doesn’t deserve to be
condemned. I can keep silent no
longer! Abigail Williams is working
her private revenge on this family.
This man has done nothing but tell the
truth since the first time I met him. I
believe him now. I swear it to Heaven.
Please call his wife back in here so she
can testify again!!
Danforth: She spoke nothing of
adultery, so this man has lied!
Abigail: You. WILL. NOT. Accuse me of
such things!! Get out of here!! I said,
GET OUT OF HEREEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Danforth: What do you speak, my
dear?? But Abigail, pointing with fear is
now raising up her frightened eyes and
her awed face to the ceiling. The other
girls are doing the same. Hathonre,
Hale, Putnam, Cheever, Herrick, and
Danforth also do the same. What’s
there? He lowers his eyes from the
ceiling, and now he is frightened; there
is real tension in his voice. Child!!! She
is transfixed—with all the girls, she is
whimpering open-mouthed, staring at
the ceiling. GIRLS!! Why do you--?
Mercy Lewis pointing: LOOK AT THE
CEILING BEAM…behind the rafter!
Danforth looks up: Where?
Abigail: Well hello little yellow bird,
why do you come to see us?
Proctor: Bird?? I don’t see a bird!
Abigail, points to herself and looks to
the ceiling: Oh, you want my face? My
face?
Proctor: Uhhhh….Mr. Hale—
Danforth: Hush, man!
Proctor, to Hale: Dude, do you see a
bird?? What are they trippin’ on??
Danforth: I said to hush!!
Abigail again talking to the ceiling
holding a genuine conversation with
the “bird,” as though trying to talk it
out of attacking her: But God made my
beautiful face. Surely you cannot want
to eat my face…my face that God
made. Envy is a terrible sin, Mary!
Marry Warren on her feet with a
spring in her step. She is horrified and
pleading: ABBY!!
Abigail, uninterrupted and continuing
to talk with the “bird”: Oh Mary, it is
the Devil’s work to change your shape.
I cannot stop my accusations! It is the
will of God and HIS work for me to
point out the witches in Salem.
Mary Warren: Abby!! I’m right here!!
Talk to ME!
Proctor, frantic: They’re just
pretending, Mr. Danforth! Just
pretending!
Abigail, takes a step backward, as
though she is afraid that the bird will
swoop down any minute to attack her:
Oh, please, Mary! Please, don’t come
down to get me!!
Susanna Walcott: Her claws, Abigail!
She’s stretching out her claws!!
Proctor: OMG. They’re lying! They.
Are. Lying!!
Abigail, backs further away with her
eyes still fixed on the ceiling: Mary, I
beg you…please don’t hurt me!
Mary Warren, to Danforth: I swear
I’m not hurting her! I’m not doing
anything!!
Danforth, to Mary Warren: Why does
she see this vision then? Why is she
hallucinating if you’re not hurting her?
Mary Warren: SHE DOESN’T SEE
ANYTHING!!
Abigail, now staring as if hypnotized,
and she mimics Mary Warren’s voice:
She see’s nothin’!
Mary Warren: Oh, Abigail! You
mustn’t do this! Please stop!
Abigail and All the Girls, all are
transfixed and in a daze: Oh, Abigail!
You mustn’t do this! Please stop!
Mary Warren, to all the girls: I'm
right here!! I’m right here!! I’m right
here!!
Girls: I'm right here!! I’m right here!!
I’m right here!!
Danforth, horrified: Marry Warren!
Take your spirit out of these girls this
very instant!
Mary Warren: But Mr. Danforth!! I’m
not doing anything!!!
Girls: But Mr. Danforth!! I’m not doing
anything!!!
Danforth: Have you made a deal with
the Devil?? Well, have you??
Mary Warren: NO!! I never have!!
Girls: NO!! I never have!!
Danforth, growing horrified: Why can
they only repeat what you say,
Mary!?!?
Proctor: Give me a whip! I’ll get them
to stop!
Mary Warren: They are only playing
around!
Girls: They are only playing around!
Mary Warren, turns on all of them
hysterically and stamps her feet: ABBY!
Stop this nonsense right now!!!!!!!
Girls: Stop this nonsense right
now!!!!!!!
Mary Warren, screams at the top of
her lungs: STOP IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Girls, raising their fists: STOP
IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mary Warren becomes so overwhelmed
by these actions and her powerlessness
to stop it, she begins to whimper, and
all the girls begin whimpering exactly
as she does.
Danforth: You said awhile back that
you were afflicted by the Devil’s spirit.
Now it seems that you have afflicted
others with his spirit. Where did you
ever find the power to do this??
Mary Warren, stares at Abigail: I have
no power.
Danforth: But haven’t you seen the
Devil??
Hale, indicating Abigail and the girls:
Surely you cannot believe them, sir!
Mary Warren: I—
Proctor, sense her weakness: Mary,
they are all liars!
Danforth: You HAVE seen the Devil
and you HAVE made a covenant with
him, right??
Proctor: Liars, Mary, LIARS!!!
Mary mumbles something that no one
can make out. She stares at Abigail who
is still watching the “bird” above.
Danforth: Wait, what did you say? I
couldn’t hear you! Mary again
mumbles. Confess, or you will be
hanged!! He jerks her around to face
him. Do you have any clue as to who I
am?! I am the one who makes the
decision for you to be hanged if you do
not answer me!!
Proctor: Mary—remember to do all
that is good—like the angel Raphael!
Abigail, points upward: The wings!
The wings! The yellow bird’s wings
are spreading. No, Mary! Please, don’t,
don’t!!
Hale: Your Honor, I don’t see a thing!
Girls: I have no power.
Danforth: Mary!! Do you confess?!?!
Proctor: They are fooling you, Mr.
Danforth! Trust me!!
Abigail: She’s getting ready to fly
down! She’s walking across the beam
now!
Danforth, to Mary: Will you tell me
the truth??
Mary Warren: I’ll not be hanged with
you!! I love God! I love God!
Marry Warren, in horror: I cannot!!
Danforth, to Mary: He asked you to do
the Devil’s work?
Girls: I cannot!!
Parris: Cast out the Devil! Look the
Devil in the face and trample him!
Mary, we can and will save you!! You
must stand strong against him!!
Mary Warren, hysterical: He comes to
me at night and everyday to sign…to
sign…
Danforth: To sign what?
Abigail, still looking up: Watch out!!
She’s flying down!!
Parris: The Devil’s book?? Does he
come to you with a book?
Abigail and the other girls run to the
wall for safety, shielding their eyes.
They let out a loud scream and Mary, as
though infected by their craziness,
opens her mouth and screams with
them. Gradually, Abigail and the other
girls leave until Mary is left standing
alone, staring up at the “bird,”
screaming madly. All watch her,
horrified by this fit she is having.
Proctor walks over to her.
Mary Warren, still hysterical (oh
geeze louise!): My name! He wants my
name. He said, “I’ll murder you if my
wife hangs! We MUST overthrow the
court!!”
Proctor: Mary! Tell the Governor
what they—he has barely gotten a
word out when Mary rushes out of his
way, screaming in horror.
Mary Warren, begins to sob: He
wakes me up every single night with
eyes that look like coals and his finger
claw my neck, wanting to me to sign
the Devil’s book.
Mary: Don’t touch me!! Don’t touch
me!! All the girls stop at the door and
turn around to look at Mary.
Proctor, obviously surprised: Mary!
Mary Warren, points at Proctor: You
are the Devil’s man!!!!!!!!!!
He is stopped in his tracks.
Parris: Praise God!!
Girls: Praise God!!
Danforth jerks his head toward Proctor
with shock and horror on his face.
Proctor, turns towards Hale: Mr.
Hale!!
Proctor, as Danforth’s eyes widen in
shock: Mary!! Marrryyyyyyyy!!!
Mary Warren, screams at him: No! I
love God!! I refuse to go your way
anymore!! I love and bless God and
God alone! Sobbing, she runs to
Abigail’s side. Abby, Abby! I’ll never
hurt you anymore. They all watch as
Abigail reaches out and draws Mary
into a hug. She looks at Danforth.
Danforth, to Proctor: Who are you,
John Proctor!? You are a combination
of the anti-Christ and the Devil! Am I
right?? I have seen your great powers,
so there’s no use in trying to deny it!
Hale: YOUR HONOR!!
Danforth: I don’t care what you have
to say, Hale! To Proctor: Will you
confess that you are in cahoots with
Hell, or do you keep your allegiance to
the evil one a secret? What do you
have to say for yourself?
Proctor, his mind is wild with
disbelief—he is breathless: I say—I
say—God is dead!
Parris: AHH!!! Did you hear that?!?
Proctor, laughs insanely: A fire, a fire
is burning, and I hear the boot of the
Devil. I see his ugly face! It is my face,
and it is your face, Danforth! Those of
us who try to bring men out of their
lies are the ones who are frauds. God
damns us, and those like us! We will
burn in Hell together!
Danforth: Officer! Take him and Giles
Corey to jail!
Hale, starts to walk to the door: I can’t
believe what just happened here! I do
not agree with these rulings at all!
Proctor: You are doing evil to those
who are good and you are praising
that whore, Abigail Williams!!
Hale: I do not agree with anything
that has happened here! I quit!!!
Danforth, calls after him angrily: Mr.
Hale! Mr. Hale! Mr. Hale!!!!!!!!!!
The curtain falls.