Gods of the lightning; Outside looking in by Anderson, Hickerson, and Tully
Gods of the Lightning was a 1928 Broadway three-act drama written by Maxwell Anderson and Harold Hickerson, produced by Hamilton MacFadden and Kellogg Gary and staged by MacFadden. It ran for 29 performances from October 24, 1928 to November 1928 at the Little Theatre. The Sacco-Vanzetti case was the play's inspiration, Charles Bickford in the Sacco character role. Anderson later wrote an updated Sacco-Vanzetti play titled Winterset. (This summary is from Wikipedia.)
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| Author | Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959 |
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| Author | Hickerson, Harold (George Harold), 1893-1986 |
| Author | Tully, Jim, 1886-1947 |
| LoC No. | 29001021 |
| Title | Gods of the lightning; Outside looking in |
| Original Publication | London: Longmans, Green and co., 1928. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gods_of_the_Lightning |
| Note | "Outside looking in," by Maxwell Anderson is based on "Beggars of life," by Jim Tully. |
| Credits | Richard Tonsing, Aaron Adrignola, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
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Gods of the Lightning was a 1928 Broadway three-act drama written by Maxwell Anderson and Harold Hickerson, produced by Hamilton MacFadden and Kellogg Gary and staged by MacFadden. It ran for 29 performances from October 24, 1928 to November 1928 at the Little Theatre. The Sacco-Vanzetti case was the play's inspiration, Charles Bickford in the Sacco character role. Anderson later wrote an updated Sacco-Vanzetti play titled Winterset. (This summary is from Wikipedia.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | American drama -- 20th century |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 77807 |
| Release Date | Jan 29, 2026 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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