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The Federal Theatre Project, 1935-1939 : Engagement and Experimentation / Rania Karoula.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Modernism, Drama and Performance : ECSMDPPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (256 p.) : 30 B/W illustrationsContent type:
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  • 9781474445535
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 792.0975/09043 23
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Series Editor’s Preface -- Introduction: What Was the Federal Theatre Project? -- 1. A Theatre is Born -- 2. The Living Newspaper Part 1: 1935–1937 – The Revolution Begins -- 3. The Living Newspaper Part 2: 1937–1939 – How Not to Sing for Your Supper -- 4. The Negro Unit: Electrifying Harlem, Electrifying the Nation -- 5. The Children’s Theatre: Playing with Pinocchio and the Beavers -- 6. The Federal Dance Project: Dance, Race, Greek Tragedy and Helen Tamiris -- 7. The Legacies of the Federal Theatre Project -- Epilogue: Was it All Worth it? The Legacy of the FTP in Contemporary Performance -- Notes -- Archival Material -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: An exciting and engaging investigation of the Federal Theatre Project (FTP) from a transatlantic perspectiveOffers the first comparative study of the history, performances and politics of the FTP in a book formContributes significantly to the study of Hallie Flanagan as the bridge between the FTP and the European avant-garde; it will also contribute to the study of Flanagan’s own playsDraws and exposes further links between American modernism and its European counterparts (Meyerhold, Brecht, European avant-garde)Concentrates on close reading of unpublished plays (excerpts from scripts included), on the actual performance events but also on archival material collected by the writer and not previously published in a consistent mannerOffers both a historical survey and theoretical analysis based on performance theoriesEngaging and informative, this book presents a comparative study of the history, performances and politics of the FTP by drawing and exposing further links between American modernism and its European counterparts. It concentrates predominantly on the New York division and its following units: the Living Newspaper, the Negro unit, the Children’s unit and the Dance unit. Exploring a range of performances, it suggests that the FTP is responsible for an array of theatrical and dramatic experimentations but that it is also indebted to and carries on from the tradition of the European avant-garde and the contemporary modernist theatrical explorations.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Series Editor’s Preface -- Introduction: What Was the Federal Theatre Project? -- 1. A Theatre is Born -- 2. The Living Newspaper Part 1: 1935–1937 – The Revolution Begins -- 3. The Living Newspaper Part 2: 1937–1939 – How Not to Sing for Your Supper -- 4. The Negro Unit: Electrifying Harlem, Electrifying the Nation -- 5. The Children’s Theatre: Playing with Pinocchio and the Beavers -- 6. The Federal Dance Project: Dance, Race, Greek Tragedy and Helen Tamiris -- 7. The Legacies of the Federal Theatre Project -- Epilogue: Was it All Worth it? The Legacy of the FTP in Contemporary Performance -- Notes -- Archival Material -- Bibliography -- Index

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An exciting and engaging investigation of the Federal Theatre Project (FTP) from a transatlantic perspectiveOffers the first comparative study of the history, performances and politics of the FTP in a book formContributes significantly to the study of Hallie Flanagan as the bridge between the FTP and the European avant-garde; it will also contribute to the study of Flanagan’s own playsDraws and exposes further links between American modernism and its European counterparts (Meyerhold, Brecht, European avant-garde)Concentrates on close reading of unpublished plays (excerpts from scripts included), on the actual performance events but also on archival material collected by the writer and not previously published in a consistent mannerOffers both a historical survey and theoretical analysis based on performance theoriesEngaging and informative, this book presents a comparative study of the history, performances and politics of the FTP by drawing and exposing further links between American modernism and its European counterparts. It concentrates predominantly on the New York division and its following units: the Living Newspaper, the Negro unit, the Children’s unit and the Dance unit. Exploring a range of performances, it suggests that the FTP is responsible for an array of theatrical and dramatic experimentations but that it is also indebted to and carries on from the tradition of the European avant-garde and the contemporary modernist theatrical explorations.

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In English.

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