J.B.: A Play in Verse

archibald macleish

Based on the story of Job, this drama in verse tells the story of a 20th-century American millionaire banker whom God commands be stripped of his family & wealth, but who refuses to turn his back on God. J.B. won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1959 & the Tony Award for best play. More important, the play sparked a national conversation about the nature of God, the meaning of hope & the role of the artist in society.

Genres playsdramapoetryfictionclassicstheatreschooltheologyreligionphilosophy

153 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1958

Literary awards

pulitzer prize, national book award finalist,

Places

the united states of america,

This edition

Format: 153 pages, Paperback
Published: January 1, 1986 by Houghton Mifflin
ISBN: 9780395083536
ASIN: B002CT3VGM
Language: English

Characters More characters

J.b.

...

About the author

archibald macleish

American poet Archibald MacLeish won a Pulitzer Prize for Conquistador in 1932, served as librarian of Congress from 1939 and as assistant secretary of state from 1944 to 1945, and won again for Collected Poems 1917-1952 and the verse play J.B. (1958).

The modernist school associates this writer. He received three Pulitzer Prizes for his work.