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Article: THE SHINE OF EGALITARIAN MORALITY: STAGING A CONNECTIVE AESTHETIC IN ROBERT SHERWOOD'S ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS1
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- The Journal of American Drama and Theatre
- Article date:
- January 1, 2008
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CopyrightCopyright Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Winter 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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The Lincoln Legend of United States dramatic literature and live performance during Franklin D. Roosevelt's second presidential term is seldom analyzed in terms of its potential to affect widespread social change during the latter years of the Great Depression. Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1938) is unique in the corpus of Lincoln Legend dramas in that it takes as its narrative thread issues of national identity, encompassing not only the shifting political and social views of playwright-padfist Robert Sherwood but also wider concerns regarding die need to defend and uphold democratic values in the face of tyranny-whether ideological or economic. As Carl Sandburg wrote of the play, "I believe it ...
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Encyclopedia entry: Abe Lincoln in Illinois
The Oxford Companion to American Theatre;
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...Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1938), a play in three acts by Robert E. Sherwood . [ Plymouth Theatre , 472 perf.; Pulitzer Prize.] In a log schoolhouse, Abe Lincoln ( Raymond Massey ) first learns about sectionalism and other barriers ...
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