Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

Staging the People: Community and Identity in the Federal Theatre Project

Elizabeth A. Osborne

4.7/5 ( ratings)

The Federal Theatre Project stands alone as the only national theatre in the history of the United States. This study re-imagines this vital moment in American history, considering the Federal Theatre Project on its own terms – as a “federation of theatres” designed to stimulate new audiences and create locally-relevant theatre during the turbulent 1930s. It integrates a wealth of previously undiscovered archival materials with cultural history, delving into regional activities in Chicago, Boston, Portland, Atlanta, and Birmingham, as well as tours of refugee camps and Civilian Conservation Corps Divisions. For a brief, exhilarating moment, the Federal Theatre Project created a democratic theatre that staged the American people.

Language: English

Pages: 256

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Release: May 15, 2011

ISBN: 0230113311

ISBN 13: 9780230113312

Staging the People: Community and Identity in the Federal Theatre Project

Elizabeth A. Osborne

4.7/5 ( ratings)

The Federal Theatre Project stands alone as the only national theatre in the history of the United States. This study re-imagines this vital moment in American history, considering the Federal Theatre Project on its own terms – as a “federation of theatres” designed to stimulate new audiences and create locally-relevant theatre during the turbulent 1930s. It integrates a wealth of previously undiscovered archival materials with cultural history, delving into regional activities in Chicago, Boston, Portland, Atlanta, and Birmingham, as well as tours of refugee camps and Civilian Conservation Corps Divisions. For a brief, exhilarating moment, the Federal Theatre Project created a democratic theatre that staged the American people.

Language: English

Pages: 256

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Release: May 15, 2011

ISBN: 0230113311

ISBN 13: 9780230113312

More books from Elizabeth A. Osborne

Working in the Wings: New Perspectives on Theatre History and Labor

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Experiments in Democracy: Interracial and Cross-Cultural Exchange in American Theatre, 1912-1945

From the letter-files of S. W. Johnson, professor of agricultural chemistry in Yale university, 1856

Rate this book!

Write a review?