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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807439103321

Autore

Witham Barry <1939->

Titolo

From red-baiting to blacklisting : the labor plays of Manny Fried / / Barry B. Witham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale : , : Southern Illinois University Press, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

0-8093-3776-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 304 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Theater in the Americas

Altri autori (Persone)

FriedEmanuel <1913-2011.>

Disciplina

306.874

Soggetti

Dramatists, American - 20th century

Labor leaders - United States

Political plays, American - History and criticism

Labor movement in literature

Working class in literature

Labor movement - United States

Labor unions - United States

Employees - United States

Working class - United States

Anti-communist movements - United States

Political plays

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

From red to black -- Cointelpro -- Elegy for Stanley Gorski -- Drop hammer -- The dodo bird -- Ending notes -- Elegy for Stanley Gorski : a play / by Emanuel Fried -- Drop hammer : a play / by Emanuel Fried -- The dodo bird : a play / by Emanuel Fried.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book examines Manny Fried's career as a labor organizer and blacklisted citizen by exploring his major labor plays and the political atmosphere that nurtured them"--