Composer Robert Ward Librettist Bernard Stambler Based On the play by Arthur Miller Company Spring Opera Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1965 Language English Creative/Crew Conductor Herbert Grossman Production Benno D. Frank Costumes Goldstein & Co. Cast Betty Parris Claudia White Rev. Samuel Parris Ken Remo Tituba Barbara Patton Abigail Williams Janice Wheeler Ann Putnam Gwen Curatilo Thomas Putnam Brian Turner Rebecca Nurse Donna Petersen Francis Nurse David Giosso Giles Corey Robert Glover John Proctor Chester Ludgin Rev. John Hale John Macurdy Elizabeth Proctor Frances Bible Mary Warren Linda Newman Ezekiel Cheever James Eitze Judge Danforth Robert Nagy Sarah Good Jeannine Liagre Ruth Putnam Joyce Hall Susanna Walcott Ann Graber Mercy Lewis Walda Bradley Martha Sheldon Louise Corsale Bridget Booth Sharon Talbot Show Dates Tue, Jun 22 1965, 8pm Time and Place Salem, Massachusetts; in the spring of the year 1692 Scenes Act I -- The parlor of the Rev. Parris house Act II -- The kitchen of John Proctor's farmhouse; eight days later Act III, Scene 1 -- A small woods; two days later Act III, Scene 2 -- The town meetinghouse; the same afternoon Act IV -- A great dark inner hall; fall of the same year Acknowledgements Production donated by the San Francisco Foundation Notes Spring Opera of San Francisco San Francisco premiere Intermission after Act II only