A Giant's Strength: Drama in Three Acts
| Title | A Giant's Strength: Drama in Three Acts |
| Year for Search | 1948 |
| Authors | Sinclair, Upton [Beall](1878-1968) |
| Date Published | 1948 |
| Publisher | Author |
| Place Published | Monrovia, CA |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | Nuclear war dystopia with a brief eutopian vignette at the end. The play follows a family through the bombing of Hiroshima, the buildup to the war, the planted bombs exploding throughout the country, and the retaliation. They escape to a cave in South Dakota where they begin to learn to live in the new circumstances, but two members leave with very different dreams of building a new life. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. as A Giant's Strength: A Three Act-Drama of the Atomic Bomb. Girard, KS: Haldeman-Julius Publications, 1948. U.K. ed. London: T.W. Laurie, [1948]. |
| Info Notes | First performed Claremont, CA June 17, 1948. Sinclair wrote a number of utopias; see 1903, 1907, 1914, 1928, 1933 (2), 1935 (2), 1936, and 1950 Sinclair. |
| Author Note | (1878-1968) |
| Full Text | 1948 Sinclair, Upton [Beall] (1878-1968). A Giant’s Strength: Drama in Three Acts. Monrovia, CA: Author. Rpt. as A Giant’s Strength: A Three Act-Drama of the Atomic Bomb. Girard, KS: Haldeman-Julius Publications, 1948. U.K. ed. London: T.W. Laurie, [1948]. First performed Claremont, CA, June 17, 1948. Nuclear war dystopia with a brief eutopian vignette at the end. The play follows a family through the bombing of Hiroshima, the buildup to the war, the planted bombs exploding throughout the country, and the retaliation. They escape to a cave in South Dakota where they begin to learn to live in the new circumstances, but two members leave with very different dreams of building a new life. |
