1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460260003321

Autore

Kabatchnik Amnon <1929->

Titolo

Blood on the stage, 1950-1975 [[electronic resource] ] : milestone plays of crime, mystery, and detection : an annotated repertoire / / Amnon Kabatchnik

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-05689-5

9786613056894

0-8108-7784-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (705 p.)

Disciplina

809.2/527

Soggetti

Detective and mystery plays - History and criticism

Detective and mystery plays

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Blood on the Stage, 1950-1975; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Guys and Dolls (1950); Anastasia (1951); Darkness at Noon (1951); Billy Budd (1951); A Pin to See the Peepshow (1951); Stalag 17 (1951); The Hollow (1951); Remains to Be Seen (1951); The Number (1951); Requiem for a Nun (1951); The Chase (1952); Dial "M" for Murder (1952); Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (1952); Hanging Judge (1952); Gently Does It (1952); The Mousetrap (1952); The Crucible (1953); My 3 Angels (1953); Sherlock Holmes (1953); The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1953); Witness for the Prosecution (1953)

Someone Waiting (1953)Dead Pigeon (1953); The Quare Fellow (1954); The Prisoner (1954); Meet a Body (1954); Murder Story (1954); Bad Seed (1954); Spider's Web (1954); Inherit the Wind (1955); The Desperate Hours (1955); The Whole Truth (1955); The Chalk Garden (1955); A Hatful of Rain (1955); The Visit (1956); Time Limit! (1956); The Ponder Heart (1956); Towards Zero (1956); Speaking of Murder (1956); The Hidden River (1957); The Potting Shed (1957); West Side Story (1957); Monique (1957); Compulsion (1957); Murder Is My Business (1958); Jane Eyre (1958); Verdict (1958)



The Unexpected Guest (1958)The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (1958); The Hostage (1958); Cue for Passion (1958); The Gazebo (1958); Rashomon (1959); Redhead (1959); Frankenstein: The Gift of Fire (1959); The Aspern Papers (1959); The Gang's All Here (1959); Golden Fleecing (1959); A Clean Kill (1959); The Blacks (1959); The Andersonville Trial (1959); The Deadly Game (1960); Go Back for Murder (1960); The Best Man (1960); Oliver! (1960); Settled out of Court (1960); Advise and Consent (1960); The Devil's Advocate (1961); A Shot in the Dark (1961); Write Me a Murder (1961)

Daughter of Silence (1961)The Spiral Staircase (1962); Sequel to a Verdict (1962); Prescription: Murder (1962); The Physicists (1962); Calculated Risk (1962); Rule of Three (1962); A Case of Libel (1963); The Murder of Maria Marten, or The Red Barn (1963); Hostile Witness (1964); Blues for Mr. Charlie (1964); In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer (1964); Home Is the Hunter (1964); East Lynne, or Lady Isabel's Shame (1965); Baker Street (1965); Catch Me If You Can (1965); Frankenstein (1965); The Playroom (1965); Wait until Dark (1966)

It's a Bird . . . It's a Plane . . . It's Superman (1966)We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1966); Loot (1966); Don't Drink the Water (1966); Seven Days in May (1966); A Case for Mason (1967); Fortune and Men's Eyes (1967); The Man in the Glass Booth (1967); The Real Inspector Hound (1968); Conduct Unbecoming (1969); Dracula, Baby (1970); Sleuth (1970); Child's Play (1970); The White House Murder Case (1970); Inquest (1970); Count Dracula (1971); The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (1971); Suddenly at Home (1971); Something's Afoot (1972); Night Watch (1972); Fiddlers Three (1972)

Lady Audley's Secret (1972)

Sommario/riassunto

Discussing more than 120 full-length plays, this volume provides an overview of the most important and memorable theatrical works of crime and detection produced between 1950 and 1975.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782105603321

Autore

Hett Benjamin Carter

Titolo

Crossing Hitler : the man who put the Nazis on the witness stand / / Benjamin Carter Hett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2008

ISBN

9780199708598

0-19-974378-9

1-281-71811-4

9786611718114

0-19-970859-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 349 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

943.086092

B

Soggetti

Lawyers - Germany

Anti-Nazi movement

Criminal justice, Administration of - Germany - History - 20th century

Political participation - Moral and ethical aspects - Germany

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-339) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Prologue: Summoning Hitler; Part I: The Whole Person; Part II: Crossing Hitler; Part III: Toward Dachau; Epilogue: ''Only Where There Are Graves Are There Resurrections''; Appendix: Hans Litten's Cross-Examination of Adolf Hitler, May 8, 1931; A Note on Sources; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Prologue: ""We Are Not Alone"". Part I: The Whole Person. Part II: Crossing Hitler. Part III: Toward Dachau. Epilogue: ""And Only Where There Are Graves Are There Resurrections"". Appendix: Transcription of Litten's Cross-Examination of Adolf Hitler, May 8, 1931. A Note on Sources. Index