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Stage for Action : U.S. social activist theatre in the 1940s / Chrystyna Dail.
Van Pelt Library PN2297.S73 D35 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dail, Chrystyna, author.
- Series:
- Theater in the Americas
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stage for Action (Theater company)--History.
- Stage for Action (Theater company).
- Theatrical companies--United States--History--20th century.
- Theatrical companies.
- Theater and society--United States--History--20th century.
- Theater and society.
- Theater--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Theater.
- Theater--Political aspects.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 194 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- "Drawing on underexplored and only recently available archives, author Chrystyna Dail examines the influence of Stage for Action--a significant yet previously unstudied agitprop theatre group founded in 1943--on social activist theatre in the 1940s, early 1950s, and beyond"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Theatre as a weapon
- Progressive insurgency
- "You've still got a voice"
- "The people's voice must sound louder"
- A people's theatre in every sense of the word.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780809335428
- 0809335425
- OCLC:
- 944087024
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