The Crucible play is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692–93.
The Crucible. The Crucible is a 1953 play by American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692–93. ... It is regarded as a central work in the canon of American drama.
The word would be extrinsic. Extrinsic means "<span>not part of the essential nature of someone or something; coming or operating from outside."</span>
