Acting Presidents [electronic resource] : 100 Years of Plays about the Presidency /
Altschuler, B.author.
This book seeks to fill a major gap in the literature about fictional representations of presidents by studying more than 40 plays, written since 1900, which have had prominent productions on or off-Broadway or in another major city.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Plays about Abraham Lincoln -- Other heroic presidents -- The president as anti-hero -- Fictional presidents -- Musical presidents -- Conclusions.
This book seeks to fill a major gap in the literature about fictional representations of presidents by studying more than 40 plays, written since 1900, which have had prominent productions on or off-Broadway or in another major city.
Theater—History.
Theater.
World politics.
Political science.
Theatre History.
Theatre and Performance Studies.
Political History.
Political Science.