Here in America

'I'm saying there's someone who could stop this madness. If you stood up, and said "no".'

On a rainswept afternoon in 1952, Hollywood and Broadway's leading director Elia Kazan met his closest collaborator, the playwright Arthur Miller. As the anti-Communist crusade of McCarthyism blacklisted hundreds of their colleagues, Kazan and Miller faced a stark choice. Should they betray their friends, or risk never working again?

David Edgar's play Here in America is a compelling drama that imagines a confrontation between two giants of stage and screen, both passionately involved with an actress about to become the most famous movie star in the world. It was first performed at the Orange Tree Theatre, London, in 2024, directed by James Dacre.

Here in America features in the following genres: Modern and contemporary plays (c 1900 onwards), Plays, playscripts

Here in America is available in Paperback

Here in America was written by David Edgar and published by Nick Hern Books

Here in America has 96 pages

Yes it is part of NHB Modern Plays series

£9.89