Rehearsing revolutions : the labor drama experiment and radical activism in the early twentieth century / Mary McAvoy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McAvoy, Mary, author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Studies in theatre history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political activists.

Education.

History.

Socialism and theater.

Labor unions and the arts.

Labor union members.

Labor unions and education.

College theater.

Experimental theater.

Amateur theater.

Workers' theater.

United States.

Workers' theater--United States--History--20th century.

Amateur theater--United States--History--20th century.

Experimental theater--United States--History--20th century.

College theater--United States--History--20th century.

Labor unions and education--United States--History--20th century.

Labor union members--Education--United States--History--20th century.

Labor unions and the arts--United States--History--20th century.

Socialism and theater--United States--History--20th century.

Political activists--Education--United States--History--20th century.

Radicalism--United States--History--20th century.

Radicalism.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 260 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2019]

Summary:

"Between the world wars, several labor colleges sprouted up across the U.S. These schools, funded by unions, sought to provide members with adult education while also indoctrinating them into the cause. As Mary McAvoy reveals, a big part of that learning experience centered on the schools' drama programs. For the first time, Rehearsing Revolutions shows how these left-leaning drama programs prepared American workers for the 'on-the-ground' activism emerging across the country. In fact, McAvoy argues, these amateur stages served as 'training grounds' for radical social activism in early twentieth-century America"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The labor drama experiment

Performance from the ranks : the advent of labor drama at Portland Labor College, 1922/25

The variegated shoots : Hazel MacKaye and the advent of labor dramatics at Brookwood Labor College, 1925/26

Of untold possibilities : Hollace Ransdell and the ladies of Southern labor dramatics, 1928/36

Something very different : Southern labor drama at Highlander Folk School, 1934/40

Lee Hays, a preaching hillbilly, and the FBI : the last gasps of labor drama at Commonwealth Labor College, 1932/39

Conclusion: Labor drama's legacies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: McAvoy, Mary, author. Rehearsing revolutions

ISBN:

9781609386412

1609386418

OCLC:

1059257394