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Johnny Johnson

Paul Green

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Description:Johnny Johnson: The Biography of a Common Man in Three ActsMusic by Kurt WeillThe play was produced by the Group Theatre at the Forty-Fourth Street Theatre, New York City, November 19, 1936.Johnny goes off to World War I in spite of his love for peace, and leaves behind his true love, Minny Belle, in their rural town. Naive and idealistic, Johnny baffles the recruiters and commanders, but still winds up fighting in Europe, where he manages to halt the war temporarily by attacking a meeting of the generals with laughing gas. When the leaders come to their senses, the war continues and Johnny is committed to an asylum where he is held for ten years. Meanwhile, Minny Belle has married the dreary town capitalist. Johnny is released and becomes a toymaker, still trying to spread peace in an increasingly warlike society.As described by Robert Benchley: "The first anti-war play to use laughing gas in its attack on the stupidity of mankind, and to my mind the most effective of all satires in its class."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Johnny Johnson. To get started finding Johnny Johnson, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 175

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Samuel French

Release: 1937

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Description: Johnny Johnson: The Biography of a Common Man in Three ActsMusic by Kurt WeillThe play was produced by the Group Theatre at the Forty-Fourth Street Theatre, New York City, November 19, 1936.Johnny goes off to World War I in spite of his love for peace, and leaves behind his true love, Minny Belle, in their rural town. Naive and idealistic, Johnny baffles the recruiters and commanders, but still winds up fighting in Europe, where he manages to halt the war temporarily by attacking a meeting of the generals with laughing gas. When the leaders come to their senses, the war continues and Johnny is committed to an asylum where he is held for ten years. Meanwhile, Minny Belle has married the dreary town capitalist. Johnny is released and becomes a toymaker, still trying to spread peace in an increasingly warlike society.As described by Robert Benchley: "The first anti-war play to use laughing gas in its attack on the stupidity of mankind, and to my mind the most effective of all satires in its class."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Johnny Johnson. To get started finding Johnny Johnson, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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