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Stage for Action [electronic resource] : U.S. Social Activist Theatre in the 1940s / Chrystyna Dail.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dail, Chrystyna, author.
- Series:
- Theater in the Americas.
- Theater in the Americas
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theater--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Theater.
- Theater and society--United States--History--20th century.
- Theater and society.
- Theatrical companies--United States--History--20th century.
- Theatrical companies.
- Stage for Action (Theater company)--History.
- Stage for Action (Theater company).
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (158 pages) : illustrations, photographs.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale, [Illinois] : 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.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8093-3543-3
- OCLC:
- 962756601
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