Co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Sudbury, First Parish Sudbury, the Sudbury Meetinghouse, and Athina Books
In 1935, Sinclair Lewis looked at the situation in Europe and the popularity of Louisiana politician Huey Long, and published a novel, It Can’t Happen Here, a cautionary tale on authoritarianism and the rise of fascism in America. A year later, Lewis and John Moffitt adapted the novel into a play with the same title. Since then, a reading version of the play, first created for radio, has been developed.
This reading of the First Act is open to the public, and admission is free. There will be a guided discussion following the reading.