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Acting presidents 100 years of plays about the presidency

Seeking to fill a major gap in the literature about representations of presidents, this book looks at more than 40 plays, written since 1900, which have had prominent productions on or off-Broadway or in another major city.

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  • "Seeking to fill a major gap in the literature about representations of presidents, this book looks at more than 40 plays, written since 1900, which have had prominent productions on or off-Broadway or in another major city."@en
  • "Although films about the presidency have been a popular subject for analysis, there is no equivalent literature about plays that portray chief executives. This book fills that gap by examining in detail about 50 plays depicting historical, fictional and even musical presidents. It explains how, as the public's trust in government has declined, the heroic presidents of the first half of the twentieth century have been replaced on stage by such antiheroes as Nixon and Harding.--Résumé de l'éditeur."
  • "Seeking to fill a major gap in the literature about representations of presidents, this book looks at more than 40 plays, written since 1900, which have had prominent productions on or off-Broadway or in another major city. Although films about the presidency have been a popular subject for analysis, there is no equivalent literature about plays that portray chief executives. This book fills that gap by examining in detail about 50 plays depicting historical, fictional and even musical presidents. It explains how, as the public's trust in government has declined, the heroic presidents of the first half of the twentieth century have been replaced on stage by such antiheroes as Nixon and Harding."
  • "Although films about the presidency have been a popular subject for analysis, there is no equivalent literature about plays that portray chief executives. This book fills that gap by examining in detail about 50 plays depicting historical, fictional and even musical presidents. It explains how, as the public's trust in government has declined, the heroic presidents of the first half of the twentieth century have been replaced on stage by such antiheroes as Nixon and Harding."@en
  • ""If you are interested in the theater, in presidents, and in American culture, you'll be fascinated by this masterly treatment of plays about American presidents. Altschuler covers drama, musicals, satires, and every other genre, and unearths little known gems as well as analyzing Broadway and off-Broadway hits. After reading Altschuler, you'll be well equipped to understand how plays about presidents illuminate our politics, and if you are interested in specific presidents, especially Lincoln, FDR, LBJ, and Nixon, you'll gain new insights from the plays that Altschuler has collected. This is a pathbreaking work of immense value to anyone who reads about or writes about the presidency." - Richard M. Pious, Adolph and Effie Ochs Professor of American Studies, Barnard College."

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  • "Elektronisches Buch"
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  • "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en
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  • "Acting presidents : 100 years of plays about the Presidency"
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  • "Acting presidents : 100 years of plays about the presidency"

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