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Book synopsis

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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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Congressional Theatre
• Subtitle: Dramatizing McCarthyism on Stage, Film, and Television
• Author: Brenda Murphy
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 326
• EAN: 9780521640886
• ISBN: 0521640881
• ID: 02038736
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 675 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 159 × 25 mm
• Date of publishing: 28. August 1999

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