Furious Improvisation
How the WPA and a Cast of Thousands Made High Art Out of Desperate Times
Quinn, Susan
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
Spotlight[s] one of the most compelling periods of American theaterQuinns well-written narrative is both fascinating and frightening.Library Journal (starred review) In a desperate era, FDR and his advisers had to furiously improvise to get millions of unemployed people back to work. For writers, actors, and artists, they created the Federal Theater Project. A platform for cutting-edge drama, the program defied segregation, spotlighting social injustice and ultimately leading to a political struggle that would shape American arts for decades to come.
AUTHOR BIO
Susan Quinn is the author of two award-winning biographies, of Marie Curie and Karen H orney, as well as Human Trials, which recounts the emotion-laden process of developing a drug for a difficult disease. S he lives in Brookline, Massachusetts.
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ISBN: 0802717586
ISBN(13-digit): 9780802717580
Dewey Decimal: 973
Book Publisher: St Martins Pr
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 325
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