Congressional Theatre : Dramatizing McCarthyism on Stage, Film, and Television Hardback
by Brenda (University of Connecticut) Murphy
Part of the Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama series
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Congressional Theatre is the first book to identify and examine the significant body of plays, films, and teleplays that responded to the actions of the House Committee on Un-American Activities during the 'show business hearings' it held between 1947 and 1960.
Brenda Murphy discusses the dramatization in the works of HUAC's effects on American life and the political, social, and moral issues that its actions raised for American citizens.
Among the writers discussed are Arthur Miller, Bertolt Brecht, Lillian Hellman, Maxwell Anderson, Elia Kazan, Barrie Stavis, Herman Wouk, Eric Bentley, Saul Levitt, Budd Schulberg, Carl Foreman, Abraham Polonsky, and Walter Bernstein.
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- Pages:326 pages, 14 Halftones, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:28/08/1999
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- ISBN:9780521640886
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:326 pages, 14 Halftones, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:28/08/1999
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- ISBN:9780521640886
