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The Federal Theatre Project : a case study

Drawing upon archival resources, official correspondence, and personal interviews, this book provides a detailed examination of the U.S. Federal Theatre Project in the decade of the 1930s. From the colorful bus tours through the Civilian Conservation Corps camps to the turbulent productions of the Living Newspapers, the book recreates the often chaotic but frequently exhilarating story of Uncle Sam as producer. Special attention is given to the controversial Seattle Negro unit, the prize-winning production of See How They Run and the mass spectacles which attempted to incorporate Hallie Flanagan's vision of a truly national project rooted in local culture
Print Book, English, 2003
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K., 2003
History
xiii, 190 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
9780521822596, 9780521100120, 0521822599, 0521100127
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A showboat for the people
Glenn's plan
Hoofers, mystics and a singing bird
Typists and models
A Negro theatre
Power and control
Dunbar and the children
Slums and syphilis
See how they run
Flotilla of faith