State of the Union | Critical Overview
When it was first performed in 1945, State of the Union was a wildly popular play. It also received rave reviews. Both positive responses were largely due to the current events at the time. As Caspar H. Nannes says in his 1960 book, if the play had been performed in the nineteenth century, it ‘‘probably would not have lasted a week.’’ Produced in the politically charged mid-twentieth century, however, Nannes notes that ‘‘its 765 consecutive performances made the play the forty-fifth longest running show in the history of the New York stage.’’ Nannes notes...
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