What Price Glory: a play by Maxwell Anderson and Laurence Stallings (The Plays of Maxwell Anderson)

By Maxwell Anderson and Laurence Stallings

The play What Price Glory by Maxwell Anderson and Laurence Stallings premiered on Broadway in 1924 and of Anderson's 40 plays that appeared on Broadway, it ran the longest, for 435 performances. The play depicted the rivalry between two U.S. Marine Corps officers fighting in France during World War I. The play was notable for its profanity, "toot goddam sweet," etc., and for censorship efforts by military and religious groups. These efforts failed when the primary censorship authority, Rear Admiral Charles P. Plunkett, was revealed by columnist Heywood Broun to have written a far more vulgar series of letters to a General Chatelaine. The play's success allowed Anderson to quit teaching and journalism and start his long and successful career as a professional playwright. The play was filmed in 1926 (lost film) and 1952 with James Cagney.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CMX5Y4MJ
• ISBN13: 9798866883417
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 105 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.2" x 6.0"