Congressional Theatre - Dramatizing McCarthyism on Stage, Film, and Television (Hardcover)

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. 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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama
Release date:	August 1999
First published:	1999
Authors:	Brenda Murphy
Dimensions:	235 x 159 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	326
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-64088-6
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > General
LSN:	0-521-64088-1
Barcode:	9780521640886

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