Highly detailed, historically correct annotations by George Woodman Hilton accompany the original text of The Front Page. Character and text analyses, historical and production photos, a chronology of the play's productions, and an extensive index are also included. This book will provide students, directors, producers, theaterphiles, and historians an unprecendented understanding of this landmark American Classic.
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From the introduction by Jed Harris...
"..here is a play which reflects miraculously the real as well as the literary personalities of the playwrights. Every line of it glows with a demoniacal humor, sordid, insolent and mischievous to the point of down right perversity, in which one instantly recognizes the heroic comic spirit of its authors.
Both Hecht and MacArthur owe their literary origins to the newspapers of Chicago. Famous crime reporters, their talents were first cradled in the recounting of great exploits in arson, rape, murder, gang war and municipal politics. Out of a welter of jail breaks, hangings, floods and whore-house raidings, they have gathered the rich, savory characters who disport themselves on the stage to Times Square Theatre.
And though they would be the last to acknowledge it, because they are terrified of the word "charm", they have nevertheless written "The Front Page" with a more innocent and unsynthetic charm than I have ever found..."
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If you love "The Front Page" you're going to love this work detailing the reality behind the drama. An excellent and exhaustive bit of research that sometimes over reaches in its attempt to connect the text of the play with the reality of Hecht's and McArthur's life as Chicago working journalists, nevertheless, this is an invaluable work for my research. I appreciate the care and detail in the basic research. An excellent source book.
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