Eric Bentley has 3 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 18 narrators, with an average listener rating of 3★ across 7 ratings. The most-rated is Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?.
Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?
Summary
In the mid-1950s, the House Un-American Activities Committee began investigating the communist influence in the entertainment industry. This searing docudrama from actual transcripts of the hearings reveals how decent people were persuaded to name names - and the steep price paid by those who refused. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: René Auberjonois, Edward Asner, Bonnie Bedelia, Jack Coleman, Bud Cort, Richard Dreyfuss, Hector Elizondo, Robert Foxworth, Harry Hamlin, James Earl Jones, Richard Masur, Franklyn Seales, Joe Spano, James Whitmore, Michael York, and Harris Yulin.
©1999 Eric Bentley (P)1997 L.A. Theatre Works
Thirty Years of Treason, Vol. 3
Summary
A chilling reenactment of the federal government's anti-Communist investigations. The testimony that the author has gleaned for this audiobook from the 30-year record of the House Un-American Activities Committee focuses on HUAC's treatment of artists, intellectuals, and performers. This highly listenable and absorbing collection of significant excerpts from the hearings shows with painful clarity how HUAC grew from a panel that investigated possible subversive activities in a "dignified" manner to a huge, unrelenting accusatory finger from which almost no one was safe. Thirty Years of Treason serves as a warning for the future and creates living history from the documentary record.
©2011 Nation Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group (P)2014 Blackstone Audio, Inc., and Skyboat Media, Inc.
Thirty Years of Treason, Volume 1
Summary
A fascinating look into the federal government's anti-Communist investigations The testimony that the author has gleaned for this book from the 30-year record of the House Un-American Activities Committee focuses on HUAC's treatment of artists, intellectuals, and performers. This highly listenable and absorbing collection of significant excerpts from the hearings shows with painful clarity how HUAC grew from a panel that investigated possible subversive activities in a "dignified" manner to a huge, unrelenting accusatory finger from which almost no one was safe. Thirty Years of Treason serves as a warning for the future and creates living history from the documentary record.
©2014 Eric Bentley (P)2014 Blackstone Audiobooks