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I read Patricia Bosworth’s biography of Montgomery Clift and learned that one of Clift’s first Broadway roles was that of the teenage son in this interesting 1940 play by Robert E. Sherwood, a work very hard to track down. The play concerns a scientist whose native Finland faces invasion by the Russians in 1939. Sherwood intended the play as propaganda to motivate America to join the war effort. Today (2021), in post-insurrection America, its relevance is certainly not lost with the ongoing struggle of fascism vs. democracy. Most theater people see it as an example of how excellent acting (Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne played the leads) can elevate a good script.
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