In Saturday's early show, she delivered Craig Carnelia's song "Just a Housewife" from the musical "Working" with a bright, punchy conviction and previewed a number from a forthcoming Cameron Mackintosh-produced musical based on "The Witches of Eastwick," in which she has a starring role.
The Crucible (1996) Dir : Nicholas Hytner For this adaptation of the classic Arthur Miller play based on the Salem witch trials of 1692, Day-Lewis went back in time.
Despite the effort Alexander McQueen put into his show — based on the Salem witch trials of the late 17th century, with a side trek to ancient Egypt — he could not make the clothes look contemporary or reveal how his molded and three-dimensional shapes may influence fashion in the future.
The plot of the segment is loosely based on the Salem witch trials, while the title refers to the Easy-Bake Oven.
It's loosely based on the Salem witch trials, which, okay, is probably the most obvious example of a time in American history when women were falsely accused of being evil and killed for it.
Anyone looking for contemporary parallels in Arthur Miller's play based on the 1692 Salem witch trials will invariably find them.
Winterson, who had her first success with the novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, will try her hand at scaring her readers witless this summer with a story based on the infamous Pendle witch trials held at Lancaster castle in 1612.
They include "Eastwick," based on the John Updike novel about witches in a New England town; "V," a revival of the 1980s miniseries about the arrival of seemingly peaceful aliens on Earth; and "Flash Forward," in which the world's entire population glimpses its future and grapples with what is coming.
Based on the subject of the historical witch trials that took place in New England during the Early Modern period, she devoted the final lecture in the series to an examination of the contemporary Pagan Witches, or Wiccans, then living in the area.
A play based on the story of the Pendle witches, Cold Light Singing, has been touring the UK since 2004.
