| Congressional Theatre: Dramatizing McCarthyism on Stage, Film, and Television Contributor(s): Murphy, Brenda (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521640881 ISBN-13: 9780521640886 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $124.45 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 1999 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism - Drama | American - General |
| Dewey: 812.540 |
| LCCN: 99040314 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.32" W x 9.25" (1.49 lbs) 326 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |