BRUCE ALTSCHULER is Professor of Political Science at SUNY Oswego, USA.

"If you are interested in the theater, in presidents, and in American culture, you ll be fascinated by this masterly treatment of plays about American presidents. Altschuler covers drama, musicals, satires, and every other genre, and unearths little known gems as well as analyzing Broadway and off-Broadway hits. After reading Altschuler, you ll be well equipped to understand how plays about presidents illuminate our politics, and if you are interested in specific presidents, especially Lincoln, FDR, LBJ, and Nixon, you ll gain new insights from the plays that Altschuler has collected. This is a pathbreaking work of immense value to anyone who reads about or writes about the presidency." - Richard M. Pious, Adolph and Effie Ochs Professor of American Studies, Barnard College SUNY Oswego's Campus Update review and interview with the author: http://www.oswego.edu/news/index.php/campusupdate/story/stage_presidents

• Plays About Lincoln Other Heroic Presidents The President as Antihero Fictional Presidents Musical Presidents

BRUCE ALTSCHULER is Professor of Political Science at SUNY Oswego, USA.

"If you are interested in the theater, in presidents, and in American culture, you ll be fascinated by this masterly treatment of plays about American presidents. Altschuler covers drama, musicals, satires, and every other genre, and unearths little known gems as well as analyzing Broadway and off-Broadway hits. After reading Altschuler, you ll be well equipped to understand how plays about presidents illuminate our politics, and if you are interested in specific presidents, especially Lincoln, FDR, LBJ, and Nixon, you ll gain new insights from the plays that Altschuler has collected. This is a pathbreaking work of immense value to anyone who reads about or writes about the presidency." - Richard M. Pious, Adolph and Effie Ochs Professor of American Studies, Barnard College SUNY Oswego's Campus Update review and interview with the author: http://www.oswego.edu/news/index.php/campusupdate/story/stage_presidents

• Plays About Lincoln Other Heroic Presidents The President as Antihero Fictional Presidents Musical Presidents