All That Glittered: The Golden Age of Drama on Broadway, 1919-1959

Fromthe late 1920s to late 1950s, the Broadway theatre was America's cultural epicenter. Televisiondidn't exist andmovies were novelties. Entertainment took the formof literature, music, andtheatre. During this golden age of Broadway, actors and actresses became legends and starred in now classic plays. Laurence Olivier, Alfred Lunt and Lynne Fontaine were names to remember, etching playsinto memoryas they brought the words of Tennessee Williams or Eugene O'Neill to life. Joseph Cotton romanced Katherine Hepburn in Philip Barry'sThe Philadelphia Story whileLaurette Taylor became The Glass Menagerie's Amanda Wingfield. Frederic March,Florence Eldridge,Jason Robards Jr. and Bradford Dillman showed us life among the ruins in Long Day's Journey Into Night. In All That Glittered, Ethan Mordden, long one ofBroadway's best chroniclers, recreatesthe fascinating lost world ofits golden age.