ENCORE EPISODE: Banned in Philadelphia
About this episode
This episode discusses the censorship of Broadway shows in Philadelphia during the Great Depression, focusing on the actions of S. Davis Wilson.
During the Great Depression years of the 1930s, some touring Broadway shows got into trouble in Philadelphia. "The People's Mayor" S. Davis Wilson had his limits when it came to what he would allow in the city's theaters, and plays such as Tobacco Road, New Faces of 1936, and Langston Hughes' Mulatto came under official scrutiny. For more background information and images about this episode, go to our website: https://www.aithpodcast.com/blog/the-peoples-mayor/ For another story about S. ...
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