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Stage for Action : U.S. social activist theatre in the 1940s /

Drawing on underexplored and only recently available archives, author Chrystyna Dail examines the influence of Stage for Action, a significant yet previously unstudied agitprop theater group founded in 1943, on social activist theater in the 1940s, early 1950s and beyond.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dail, Chrystyna (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2016]
Series:Theater in the Americas.
Subjects:
Stage for Action (Theater company) > History.
Theatrical companies > United States > History > 20th century.
Theater and society > United States > History > 20th century.
Theater > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > History & Criticism.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > General.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Description
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 theater group founded in 1943, on social activist theater in the 1940s, early 1950s and beyond.
Physical Description:xiii, 194 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780809335428
0809335425