Archibald MacLeish

The spirits of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams meet on July 4, 1976, and argue about their visions for the United States and their differing interpretations of the contemporary mood.

Suggested by Stephen Vincent Benet's short story "The devil and Daniel Webster."

National Theatre, Louis A. Lotito, managing director, Alfred De Liagre, Jr. presents Elia Kazan's production of "J.B.," by Archibald MacLeish, starring Pat Hingle, Christopher Plummer, Raymond Massey with Nan Martin, setting by Boris Aronson, costumes by Lucinda Ballard, lighting by Tharron Musser, music by David Amram, associate producer Joseph I. Levine.

"The American Cause explains in simple language the bedrock principles upon which America's experiment in constitutional self-government is built.". "Russell Kirk, whose life and thought was featured recently in C-SPAN's acclaimed "American Writers" series, intended "this little book" to be an assertion of the moral and social principles upholding our nation. Kirk's primer is an aid to reflection on those principles - political, economic, and religious - that have united Americans when faced with challenges and threats from the enemies of ordered freedom."--BOOK JACKET.

MacLeish disputes Saturday Review of Literature's condemnation of the awarding of the 1948 Bollingen Prize to Ezra Pound.