Thirty Years of Treason, Vol. 1, Eric Bentley
Thirty Years of Treason, Vol. 1, Eric Bentley
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Thirty Years of Treason, Vol. 1
Excerpts from Hearings before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, 1938–1948

Author: Eric Bentley

Narrator: Claire Bloom, Nathan Dana Aldrich, Theodore Bikel, Paul Boehmer, Orson Scott Card, Gabrielle de Cuir, Harlan Ellison, Alex Hyde-White, Coleen Marlo, Richard McGonagle, Stefan Rudnicki, Jim Meskimen, Ted Scott, Dean Sluyter, John Rubinstein, a full cast

Unabridged: 13 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Skyboat Media

Published: 05/06/2014


Synopsis

A chilling reenactment of the federal government’s anti-Communist investigationsEric Bentley has chosen highlights from the thirty-year record of the House Un-American Activities Committee to demonstrate HUAC’s focus on artists, intellectuals, and performers. Volume 1: 1938–1948 includes the testimonies of Hallie Flanagan, Ayn Rand, Adolphe Menjou, Robert Taylor, Ronald Reagan, Gary Cooper, Bertolt Brecht and many others. Thirty Years of Treason serves as a warning for the future and creates living history from the documentary record.

Author Bio

Eric Bentley is the author of Bentley on Brecht, What Is Theater?, and other volumes about drama. Born in England in 1916, he was inducted into the American Hall of Fame in 1998. He lives in New York City.

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