Seminar paper from the year 2020 in the subject Theater Studies, Dance, grade: 2,5, University of Erfurt, language: English, abstract: This paper attempts a comparative analysis of Americanness in the play "One-Third of a Nation". The title of the play was taken from the following statement in 1937 of Roosevelt: "I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished. ...". "One-Third of a Nation" became one of the most successful plays of...