The first television production of the play; it had to be done on British television rather than American, because the play had been first staged only six years previously and was still considered too much of a a "hot potato" to be staged on U.S. television. The first U.S. television production would not appear until 1967.
The original Broadway production (premiere) of "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller opened at the Martin Beck Theater on January 22, 1953, ran for 197 performances and won the 1953 Tony Award for the Best Play.