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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.

Broadway and the Blacklist

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      Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/4/2019 12:02:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781476672595, 978-1476672595
      ISBN10: 1476672598

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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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