Broadway and the Blacklist

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.

Author: K. Kevyne Baar
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: 02/04/2019
Pages: 217
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.90w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781476672595