Congressional theatre : dramatizing McCarthyism on stage, film, and television
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Congressional theatre : dramatizing McCarthyism on stage, film, and television
（Cambridge studies in American theatre and drama, 11）
Cambridge University Press, 2003, c1999
- : pbk
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"First published 1999" -- T.p. verso
"First paperback edition 2003" -- T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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. 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.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I. The Committee and the Culture: 1. The stage is set
- 2. The social drama
- 3. Dramatizing directly
- Part II. Making Analogies: 4. Witch hunt
- 5. Inquisition
- 6. Informers
- 7. Forensics
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Screen credits
- Television and radio credits
- Index.
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