Bøger af Maxwell Anderson

This is a new release of the original 1936 edition.

Avery Jacobson, President of the United States waskidnapped out of his Limo at an I-8 rest stop in southernCalifornia by a clandestine cabal of plotters. No one wassupposed to live through the abduction except POTUS anda select few members of his Secret Service protectiondetail. Except Agent Smitty manages to survive.Smitty believes he knows who some of the majorplayers are from a previous undercover infiltration of agroup of disgruntled self-described 'agents of change' (inThurmont, MD) for refashioning the gubamint intosomething better for the everyday citizen. Smitty discoversthat these 'gripers' have already been compromised byothers who usurped their anti-gubamint fervor and turnedthem into unwitting accomplices.Smitty uncovers clues to who the actual behind-thescenesplotters really are. And vows to stop before they canannounce the Newnited States as a fiat accompli.Instead of a military-style assault, they want to makea powerful statement to the country and the world. Theyamassed the equipment to raze The White House to theground, leaving only a pile of ashes. A helicopter battleover The Mall in Washington, D.C. fails to destroy TheWhite House; however, several buildings and monumentsin downtown Washington, D.C. suffer collateral damagefrom missiles and airborne cannons.Through Smitty's persistence, the plotters are flownto Camp David and the President has them arrested on avariety of charges, including bribery, corruption, sedition, and for treason

This is a new release of the original 1930 edition.

Key Largo is a play written by Maxwell Anderson, consisting of a prologue and two acts. The story takes place in Key Largo, Florida, where a group of people find themselves trapped in a hotel during a hurricane. The main character, Frank McCloud, is a World War II veteran who comes to visit the family of a fellow soldier who died in combat. He soon discovers that the hotel has been taken over by a gangster named Johnny Rocco, who is hiding out from the law. As the storm rages on outside, tensions rise inside the hotel as Rocco and his henchmen become increasingly violent and unpredictable. McCloud must navigate the dangerous situation and find a way to protect the innocent people trapped with him. The play explores themes of morality, loyalty, and the consequences of violence. Key Largo has been adapted into several films and is considered a classic of American theater.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Three more classics of the Group Theatre finally see publication! The final play of the Group's first season, Night Over Taos, is Maxwell Anderson's (Pulitzer Prize Winner for Both Your Houses and the author of the acclaimed Winterset) prose drama. As one of the Group's few dramas based on actual events, their third play tells of the battle for the formation of the state of New Mexico, and the Mexican freedom fighter who resists the encroaching American attack during the Mexican-American War. In its second year, the Group followed its dramatic indictment of the advertising industry (Lawson's Success Story) with one of their only comedies. Dawn Powell's caustic dissection of the 1920's 'Mad Men' has been published in its original version for the first time. Though the Group Theatre changed the ending to make it more uplifting, (and changed the named to Big Night from The Party) we've restored Ms. Powell's intended biting ending. In this play of "take my wife, please," Ed and Myra Bonney, who have been living beyond their means, are both challenged to see how far they will go to keep up their lifestyle when Myra's hopeful, old paramour shows up and can offer Ed a huge advertising contract - IF the price is right. While men could write 'cads' in the 1930's, Powell was nearly crucified for writing such unlikable characters. Sidney Kingsley's Pulitzer Prize Winning Play Men in White was one of the Group's first huge hits and set the precedent for the modern medical drama. Kingsley's medical research was remarkable and specific, and that is why the audiences were so taken with this hit drama. Though medicine has changed greatly in 80 years, most of the larger issues in the play are still relevant: government takeover of healthcare, the stress put upon our young medical students, and the corporate business wheeling and dealing needed to keep the hospitals profitable.

This is a new release of the original 1936 edition.

THIS 78 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: The Theatre Guild Anthology V2, by Maxwell Anderson. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1419181424.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.