Audiobooks by Eric Bentley

Thirty Years of Treason: Excerpts from Hearings before the House Committee on Un-American Activities

A chilling reenactment of the federal government’s anti-Communist investigations. The testimony that the author has gleaned for this book from the thirty-year record of the House Un-American Activities Committee focuses on HUAC’s treatment of artists, intellectuals, and performers. This highly readable and absorbing collection of significant excerpts from the hearings shows with painful clarity how HUAC grew from a panel that investigated possible subversive activities in a “dignified” manner to a huge, unrelenting accusatory finger from which almost no one was safe. Thirty Years of Treason serves as a warning for the future and creates living history from the documentary record. “We have Bentley to thank for this bittersweet vaudeville show, this congressional cabaret of the absurd, this peptic epic…What he has done is give us HUAC as spectacle, and the perspective is shattering.”—New York Times

Eric Bentley, Various Authors (Author), A Full Cast, Alex Hyde-White, Arthur Morey, Burt Reynolds, Christian Rummel, Claire Bloom, Coleen Marlo, Dean Sluyter, Gabrielle De Cuir, Harlan Ellison, Jean Smart, Jim Meskimen, John Rubinstein, Kirby Heyborne, Kristoffer Tabori, Lee Rosch, Molly Underwood, Nathan Dana Aldrich, Orson Scott Card, Paul Boehmer, Richard Gilliland, Richard Mcgonagle, Robertson Dean, Roscoe Lee Browne, Scott Brick, Stefan Rudnicki, Stephen Hoye, Sunil Malhotra, Ted Scott, Theodore Bikel (Narrator)

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Thirty Years of Treason, Vol. 3: Excerpts from Hearings before the House Committee on Un-American Ac

A chilling reenactment of the federal government’s anti-Communist investigations The testimony that the author has gleaned for this book from the thirty-year record of the House Un-American Activities Committee focuses on HUAC’s treatment of artists, intellectuals, and performers. This highly readable and absorbing collection of significant excerpts from the hearings shows with painful clarity how HUAC grew from a panel that investigated possible subversive activities in a “dignified” manner to a huge, unrelenting accusatory finger from which almost no one was safe. Thirty Years of Treason serves as a warning for the future and creates living history from the documentary record. “[Portrays] a dark chapter in our nation’s history that needs to be remembered.”—Library Journal

Eric Bentley, Various Authors (Author), A Full Cast, Alex Hyde-White, Arthur Morey, Burt Reynolds, Christian Rummel, Gabrielle De Cuir, Jim Meskimen, Molly Underwood, Nathan Dana Aldrich, Richard Gilliland, Robertson Dean, Roscoe Lee Browne, Stefan Rudnicki, Stephen Hoye, Sunil Malhotra, Various Readers (Narrator)

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Thirty Years of Treason, Vol. 2: Excerpts from Hearings before the House Committee on Un-American Ac

A chilling reenactment of the Federal government’s anti-Communist investigations Eric 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 2: 1951–1952 includes the testimonies of Clifford Odets, Edward G. Robinson, Elia Kazan, Jose Ferrer, Bud Schulberg, Sterling Hayden, Abe Burroughs, Lillian Hellman, and many others. Thirty Years of Treason serves as a warning for the future and creates living history from the documentary record. “[Portrays] a dark chapter in our nation’s history that needs to be remembered.”—Library Journal

Eric Bentley, Various Artists (Author), A Full Cast, Alex Hyde-White, Gabrielle De Cuir, Harlan Ellison, Jean Smart, John Rubinstein, Kirby Heyborne, Kristoffer Tabori, Lee Rosch, Nathan Dana Aldrich, Paul Boehmer, Richard Gilliland, Robertson Dean, Scott Brick, Stefan Rudnicki, Various Performers (Narrator)

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Thirty Years of Treason, Volume 1: Excerpts from Hearings before the House Committee on Un-American

A fascinating look into the federal government’s anti-Communist investigations The testimony that the author has gleaned for this book from the thirty-year record of the House Un-American Activities Committee focuses on HUAC’s treatment of artists, intellectuals, and performers. This highly readable and absorbing collection of significant excerpts from the hearings shows with painful clarity how HUAC grew from a panel that investigated possible subversive activities in a “dignified” manner to a huge, unrelenting accusatory finger from which almost no one was safe. Thirty Years of Treason serves as a warning for the future and creates living history from the documentary record. “[Portrays] a dark chapter in our nation’s history that needs to be remembered.”—Library Journal

Eric Bentley, Various Authors (Author), A Full Cast, Alex Hyde-White, Claire Bloom, Coleen Marlo, Dean Sluyter, Gabrielle De Cuir, Harlan Ellison, Jim Meskimen, John Rubinstein, Nathan Dana Aldrich, Orson Scott Card, Paul Boehmer, Richard Mcgonagle, Stefan Rudnicki, Ted Scott, Theodore Bikel, Various, Various Narrators (Narrator)

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Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?

In the mid-1950’s, the House Un-American Activities Committee began investigating the communist influence in the entertainment industry. This searing docudrama from actual transcripts of the hearings reveals how decent people were persuaded to “name names,” and the steep price paid by those who refused. An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring: René Auberjonois, Edward Asner, Bonnie Bedelia, Jack Coleman, Bud Cort, Richard Dreyfuss, Hector Elizondo, Robert Foxworth, Harry Hamlin, James Earl Jones, Richard Masur, Franklyn Seales, Joe Spano, James Whitmore, Michael York, and Harris Yulin.

Eric Bentley (Author), Bonnie Bedelia, Bud Cort, Ed Asner, Edward Asner, Franklyn Seales, Harris Yulin, Harry Hamlin, Hector Elizondo, Jack Coleman, James Earl Jones, James Whitmore, Joe Spano, Michael York, Rene Auberjonois, Richard Dreyfuss, Richard Masur, Robert Foxworth (Narrator)

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