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Acting Presidents: 100 Years of Plays about the Presidency (The Evolving American Presidency) by Bruce E. Altschuler is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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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. Introduction -- Plays About Abraham Lincoln -- Other Heroic Presidents -- The President As Anti-hero -- Fictional Presidents -- Musical Presidents -- Conclusions. Bruce E. Altschuler. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

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Author

Bruce E. Altschuler

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan US

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781349292493

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, History, Political Science