Why did Arthur Miller, the author of "The Crucible," cut out Act 2, scene 2, in his play?

In Arthur Miller's play, The
Crucible, Act Two, scene two, is generally left out of modern productions of
the play. It may be because it was confusing to his audience in presenting a conflicting
view of Abigail.

The play was originally written as direct
criticism of the "witch-hunt" conducted by Senator Joseph McCarthy, while searching out
Communists, mostly among artists: writers, actors, etc. This debacle is known as
McCarthyism. The sense of accusing the innocent in the United States at this time
parallels what happened in Salem, Massachusetts, when a number of girls accused innocent
members of their community of being witches and were believed.
Almost twenty people would be killed before the madness was
stopped.

The portion of the play left out
is:

In the
woods, Proctor meets with Abigail. She again tries to seduce him, but he continuously
pushes her away, informing her that she must stop all accusations being made against his
wife. They argue, and Abigail asks him how he intends to prove that what she is saying
is false. He informs her that he fully intends to admit to their affair in court if it
comes to it, and the scene ends with Abigail saying, "I will save you tomorrow... from
yourself I will save
you."

Perhaps Miller leaves
this out (which was added after the original play was completed) because it gives us the
sense that Abigail is dedicated (in a crazy way) to her love of Proctor. While it may be
easy for us to understand her kind of criminal mentality after watching countless cop
shows on network television, to the audience watching the play, it may seem
confusing.

All along Abigail has been very effective in
manipulating the community, the court and the other girls to fall in line with her
plans. Seeing her as a scheming young woman trying to do away with her competition
(Proctor's wife, Elizabeth) makes more sense sandwiched between the foolishness and the
apparent lack of mental acuity that affects all of the adults persecuting these innocent
members of the Salem.

The idea of Abigail stating that she
will "save" John just doesn't ring true. She has already intimated that no one will
believe his confession of their affair. She is not interested in saving anyone but
herself. And while the audience would probably buy the fact that in this scene she still
would do almost anything to get John Proctor, the sense of doing something to save him
from himself is not very believable. Had it been presented as a ploy on her part,
perhaps it might have worked.