T he T ransformation of R obert E. S herwood from P acifist to I nterventionist
2007; Wiley; Volume: 32; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1111/j.1468-0130.2007.00459.x
ISSN1468-0130
Autores Tópico(s)Theatre and Performance Studies
ResumoThe playwright Robert E. Sherwood is most known for his powerful antiwar voice on Broadway during the late 1920s and 1930s. A veteran of World War I, Sherwood's ideas echoed those of many in the U.S. population during the interwar years—anger at corporate greed and power‐hungry world leaders, and disillusionment with Woodrow Wilson's stated war goal of “making the world safe for democracy.” As fascism spread in Europe, Sherwood evolved from a pacifist into an interventionist. Largely relying on his diary entries and his three Pulitzer Prize–winning plays, Idiot's Delight (1936), Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1938), and There Shall Be No Night (1940), this article traces Sherwood's sea change from staunch pacifist to determined interventionist.
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