Albert Maltz, Peace on Earth

Patrick Chura (University of Akron)

Ed. by Patrick Chura, University of Akron
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.4: American (US) Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Sofia Ahlberg (Uppsala University), Patrick Chura (University of Akron), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Christopher Hugh Gair (University of Glasgow), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Nicole Kennedy (University of Newcastle), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

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First circulation or publication 1933

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Peace on Earth

, a “dramatized protest” against imperialist war co-authored by Albert Maltz and George Sklar,

was the first production of the Theatre Union, Inc., a Depression-era group of politically engaged young playwrights committed to representing “the life of the working man” by offering “prolabor drama written and performed both for workers and the general public” (Goldstein 58). The controversial play premiered at the Civic Repertory Theatre of New York in November 1933 and was awarded the Annie E. Gray Plaque by Women’s Peace Society as that year’s “outstanding American work of art contributing most to the cause of peace”.

Subtitled “An Anti-war Play in 3 Acts”, the drama is set in a New England university town at a historical moment defined as “a year or

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Citation: Chura, Patrick. "Peace on Earth". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 29 January 2025 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=41718, accessed 21 February 2025.]

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