Emma (or Emma: A Play in Two Acts about Emma Goldman, American Anarchist, its full title) is a play by historian and playwright Howard Zinn. Howard Zinn (born August 24 1922 is an American Historian, political scientist, social critic, activist and Playwright, best known It was first performed in 1976. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
The play dramatizes events from the life of the real Emma Goldman. Emma Goldman (June 27 1869 – May 14 1940 was an anarchist known for her political activism writing and speeches Zinn wrote the play using Goldman's autobiography, correspondence between Goldman and fellow anarchist Alexander Berkman (Emma's lover, who also became a character in the play), and other research. Alexander Berkman ( November 21 1870 – June 28 1936) was a Russian American writer and a leading member of the anarchist [1]
According to author Tom H. Hastings, the play shows the period of Goldman's "nonviolence and resistance to militarism", rather than her earlier "attachment to violent revolution". Nonviolence is a philosophy and strategy for social change that rejects the use of physical Violence. Militarism is the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or After someone accuses her of plotting to "blow up the fleet" in San Francisco harbor, she declares "Bombs are not my way", but she "would be happy to see the fleet sink to the bottom of the sea . The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city . . so that we, and our brothers and sisters in other countries, can live in peace. "[2]
Plot summary
The action of the play takes place during the late 1880's, and focuses on the character of Emma Goldman as she grows from a simple textile factory worker to a revolutionary and anarchist. The outspoken advocacy of radical anarchist and populist ideals are followed through persecution and hardship to the beginnings of World War I. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All [3] The play closes with the words of Goldman during an anti-conscription protest in 1917, just before her arrest on sedition charges. Conscription (also known as the draft, the call-up or national service) is a general term for involuntary labor demanded by some established authority This is about the law term For other uses see Sedition (disambiguation Sedition is a term of Law which refers to covert conduct [4]
Resources
- ^ Howard Zinn. Emma, 2002, South End Press.
- ^ Tom H. Hastings (2004). Nonviolent Response to Terrorism. McFarland & Company. ISBN 0786418745.
- ^ Walter Goodman (1986-02-17). Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori STAGE: 'EMMA,' HOWARD ZINN'S TALE OF RADICALS. New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-01-14. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes.
- ^ Karamatullah K. Ghori. "Review: A woman in revolt", Dawn (newspaper), May 18, 2003. Dawn is Pakistan 's oldest best known and most widely-read English-language newspaper Retrieved on 2008-01-15. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign
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