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A Study Guide for Ben Hecht's "The Front Page"
A Study Guide for Ben Hecht's "The Front Page"
A Study Guide for Ben Hecht's "The Front Page"
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A Study Guide for Ben Hecht's "The Front Page"

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A Study Guide for Ben Hecht's "The Front Page," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama For Students for all of your research needs.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateAug 3, 2016
ISBN9781535836715
A Study Guide for Ben Hecht's "The Front Page"

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    A Study Guide for Ben Hecht's "The Front Page" - Gale

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    The Front Page

    Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur

    1928

    Introduction

    Written by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, The Front Page is a play that is considered responsible for defining the modern stereotype of a reporter as a hard-drinking, hard-boiled journalist intent on uncovering truth even in the face of danger. The comedy was a smash hit from its premiere in Broadway’s Times Square Theatre on August 14, 1928; it ran for 276 performances.

    The Front Page was controversial at the time for its use of profane language and references (to such things as sex, prostitutes, and peeping toms) unfit for a decent audience. Modern critics assert that The Front Page paved the way for the use of such language in the theater.

    Drawn from Hecht and MacArthur’s careers as journalists in Chicago in the 1910s, the play is set in the pressroom at Chicago’s Criminal Courts Building and concerns a group of reporters covering a controversial

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