Buy this book on-line Kingsley, Sidney : The PatriotsRandom House, New York, 1943
This pulitzer prize winner's play, about Thomas Jefferson, that won the drama critic's circle award for best play of 1943. Mr. Kingsley wrote the play while in service during World War II, and the result is intriguing. "What is this democracy we are fighting for?" Mr. Kingsley says he asked himself. "Just what did these fellows - our original patriots- have in mind?" His answer, embodied in the character of Jefferson, is a confident faith in the common folk to govern themselves, to survive without guidance from a privileged aristocracy. The aristocratic side is represented by Hamilton, whose bill to restore the value of currency and the young nation's credit rating creates great personal fortunes and the threat of a moneyed aristocracy. He and his friends talk of creating a monarchy, of how the "time is ripening for us to have a real king". The most prominent candidate however, Washington, will have none of this. "Don't 'Sire me!" he keeps telling one particularly obnoxious sycophant. Apparently, the debate between Jefferson & Hamilton, to this day, has not satisfactorily been resolved.. Book. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Kingsley, Sidney : The Patriots. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including antiquarian books, collectables, used books, out of print books and incunabula. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |