Unfriendly Witnesses
Subtitle: Gender, Theater, and Film in the McCarthy Era (Theater in the Americas)
Edition: 1st Edition edition
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Published: June 18, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780809328765
Subjects: Performing Arts; Performing Arts/Dance; Theater - General; Performing Arts / General; General; United States - 20th Century
Description: "Unfriendly Witnesses: Gender, Theater, and Film in the McCarthy Era examines the experiences of seven prominent women of stage and screen whose lives and careers were damaged by the McCarthy-era "witch hunts" for Communists and Communist sympathizers in the entertainment industry: Judy Holliday, Anne Revere, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker, Margaret Webster, Mady Christians, and Kim Hunter."--Jacket.