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Gods of the lightning; Outside looking inMaxwell Anderson

Gods of the lightning; Outside looking in

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Original author: Maxwell Anderson

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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.)

Gods of the lightning; Outside looking in, by Maxwell Anderson. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #77807.

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9 Chapters

  1. 1.Front Matter137 words
  2. 2.Act I7,362 words
  3. 3.Act II: Scene I2,855 words
  4. 4.Act II: Scene II6,557 words
  5. 5.Act II: Scene III1,174 words
  1. 6.Act III: Scene: The restaurant as in the first act2,602 words
  2. 7.Act I4,996 words
  3. 8.Act II6,131 words
  4. 9.Act III5,453 words