Congressional Theatre
Subtitle: Dramatizing McCarthyism on Stage, Film, and Television (Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 13, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780521891660
Subjects: Plays & playwrights: from c 1900 -; Theater - General; Performing Arts; English; Performing Arts/Dance; USA; American; American drama--20th century--History and cri; American drama--20th century--History and criticism; Drama-American; Performing Arts / Theater / General
First sentence: In a speech to the American Association for the Advancement of Science on 13 September 1948, President Harry Truman warned that crucial scientific work might "be made impossible by the creation of an atmosphere in which no man feels safe against the public airing of unfounded rumors, gossip and vilification."