Basic Facts (about the script)

BASICS

Full-length Verse Drama in English

Presented in two acts with no scene divisions

12 M, 9 F

Running time: 1 hour, 40 Minutes
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GENRE

"Poetic Drama"
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"Verse Drama"
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BIO

Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982)In his lifetime, Archibald MacLeish received the Pulitzer Prize three times for his poetic works: the first in 1932 for Conquistador, his epic poem about the conquest of Mexico by the Spanish; the second in 1952 for his volume Collected Poems, and a third in 1958 for J.B., a drama depicting a contemporary treatment of the story of Job.Before he was known as a poet, however, he was a lawyer, an editor, assistant secretary of state and Harvard professor. He received his B.A. at Yale and an L.L.B. from Harvard in 1919, practicing law for a few years in Boston. He then traveled to Europe, wanting to wanting to focus on the possibilities of a writing career, and there came under the influence of T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound.When he returned to the States served as editor of Fortune magazine from 1928-1938 and Librarian of Congress from 1939-1944. His early poetry reflected a concern with national and social issues and he became known as "the poet laureate of the New Deal."
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PUBLICATION INFO

Originally produced by the School of Drama, Yale University, at the University Theatre on April 22, 1958.

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