Broadway and the Blacklist

Broadway and the Blacklist
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 218
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ISBN-10 : 9781476636160
ISBN-13 : 1476636168
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Book Synopsis Broadway and the Blacklist by : K. Kevyne Baar

Download or read book Broadway and the Blacklist written by K. Kevyne Baar and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-01-24 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the era often commonly known as McCarthyism, many motion picture and television creators were blacklisted for supposed communist ties. There remained, however, a creative outlet that still welcomed these artists--theatre. This book explores the role theatre played during this turbulent period, covering the formation of the Theatre Guild (which birthed the Group Theatre), the short-lived Federal Theatre Project, and the investigations of the motion picture and television industries, and Broadway, by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). Appendices discuss McCarthy's role and present the memos of investigator Dolores Faconti Scotti, along with a list of prominent witnesses in HUAC's Broadway hearings, and reactions by artists' unions in the decades following the blacklist.

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