
The Moon in the Yellow River (1932) - repro
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Denis Johnston’s intellectually fierce, deeply serious political drama 'The Moon in the Yellow River' completed a celebrated Broadway premiere at the Guild Theatre in 1932 under the auspices of the Theatre Guild, running for a successful commercial residency. Set inside a remote, wind-swept powerhouse fort in rural Ireland, the claustrophobic narrative examines the violent socio-political fractures of the Irish Free State, tracking a conservative German engineer who faces a cutthroat, real-time battle of wills with local Republican rebels who plot to dynamite his newly constructed electrical plant. Directed by Philip Moeller, the historic cast featured Claude Rains.

