LEADER 03340nam 2200613 450 001 9910591055703321 005 20220514073506.0 010 $a0-8131-8102-X 010 $a0-8131-8100-3 035 $a(CKB)4100000011807641 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0002587053 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6644894 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6644894 035 $a(OCoLC)1259320456 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011807641 100 $a20210803d2021 fy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aBroadway goes to war $eAmerican theater during World War II /$fRobert L. McLaughlin and Sally E. Parry 210 1$aLexington, Kentucky :$cUniversity Press of Kentucky,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (300 pages) $cillustrations (black and white) 225 1 $aKentucky scholarship online 300 $aAlso issued in print: 2021. 311 $a0-8131-8094-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Popular Culture, Broadway, and World War II -- 2. Before Pearl Harbor -- 3. Overseas -- 4. The Home Front -- 5. Anticipating the Postwar World -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: Annotated List of War-Related Plays Produced in New York, 1933-1946 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 8 $aThe American theater was not ignorant of the developments brought on by World War II, & actively addressed & debated timely, controversial topics for the duration of the war, including neutrality & isolationism, racism & genocide, & heroism & battle fatigue. Productions such as Watch on the Rhine (1941), The Moon is Down (1942), Tomorrow the World (1943), & A Bell for Adano (1944) encouraged public discussion of the war's impact on daily life & raised critical questions about the conflict well before other forms of popular media. American drama of the 1940s is frequently overlooked, but the plays performed during this decade provide a picture of the rich & complex experience of living in the US during the war years. This work fills a gap in the history of theater & popular culture, showing that American society was more divided & less idealistic than previously recognized. 410 0$aKentucky scholarship online. 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xTheater and the war 606 $aWar and theater$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aTheater$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAmerican drama$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aTheater and society$zUnited States 606 $aPopular culture$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xTheater and the war. 615 0$aWar and theater$xHistory 615 0$aTheater$xHistory 615 0$aAmerican drama$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aTheater and society 615 0$aPopular culture$xHistory 676 $a792.1097309044 700 $aMcLaughlin$b Robert L.$f1957-$01256449 702 $aParry$b Sally E. 801 0$bStDuBDS 801 1$bStDuBDS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910591055703321 996 $aBroadway goes to war$92912336 997 $aUNINA