Item Detail
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27753
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English
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Mormons on Broadway, 1914 Style : Harvey O' Higgins's "Polygamy"
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Utah Historical Quarterly
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Summer 2016
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84
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3
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Salt Lake City, UT
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Utah Historical Society
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193-216
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The runaway success of Trey Parker and Matt Stone's The Book of Mormon on Broadway has brought new, widespread attention to the Mormon church and its culture. Although the play is extremely popular, it has created controversy because it conveys an essentially sweet view of Mormons and at the same time includes scenes and song lyrics that many playgoers find offensive. The Book of Mormon is not the first Broadway play to depict Mormons and their unusual culture in a sensationalized way, nor is it likely the last. In 1914 and 1915, another play, Polygamy, A Play in Four Acts had a successful six-month run on Broadway and helped arouse (or contribute to) anti-Mormon sentiment among activists, actors, feminists, evangelical leaders, and many others. [From the text]
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"And Now It Is the Mormons" : The Magazine Crusade against the Mormon Church, 1910-1911
Divorce among Mormon Polygamists : Extent and Explanations
Isaac Russell : Mormon Muckraker and Secret Defender of the Church
Mormonism and the Commercial Theatre
Religion of a Different Color : Race and the Mormon Struggle for Whiteness
"The Modern Mormon Kingdom" : Frank J. Cannon's national campaign against Mormonism, 1910-18
The Mohammedan Mormon Kingdom
Under the Prophet in Utah : The National Menace of a Political Priestcraft
Wives and Other Women : Love, Sex, and Marriage in the Lives of John Q. Cannon, Frank J. Cannon, and Abraham H. Cannon