Furious improvisation : how the WPA and a cast of thousands made high art out of desperate times /
Quinn, Susan, -1940
Furious improvisation : how the WPA and a cast of thousands made high art out of desperate times / Susan Quinn. - New York : Walker, 2008 - 325 pages : illustrations 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-312) and index.
On the train -- Harry -- Hallie -- Great plans for millions -- Ethiopia -- Triple-a plowed under --The CCC murder mystery -- The simple and the difficult -- Do you voodoo? -- It can't happen here -- After the flood -- Under a powerful star -- The cradle will rock -- I'd rather be right -- Chants of the prairies -- The west -- Past is present -- Enter HUAC -- Marlowe's ghost -- An act of Congress.
and also discusses the impact of the American anti-communist Martin Dies and the founding of the Un-American Activities Committee. Examines the history the Federal Theatre project, which supported works from Orson Wells, John Houseman, and Sinclair Lewis in the 1930s
9780802716989
2008001274
PN 2270.F43 / .Q443 2008
Furious improvisation : how the WPA and a cast of thousands made high art out of desperate times / Susan Quinn. - New York : Walker, 2008 - 325 pages : illustrations 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-312) and index.
On the train -- Harry -- Hallie -- Great plans for millions -- Ethiopia -- Triple-a plowed under --The CCC murder mystery -- The simple and the difficult -- Do you voodoo? -- It can't happen here -- After the flood -- Under a powerful star -- The cradle will rock -- I'd rather be right -- Chants of the prairies -- The west -- Past is present -- Enter HUAC -- Marlowe's ghost -- An act of Congress.
and also discusses the impact of the American anti-communist Martin Dies and the founding of the Un-American Activities Committee. Examines the history the Federal Theatre project, which supported works from Orson Wells, John Houseman, and Sinclair Lewis in the 1930s
9780802716989
2008001274
PN 2270.F43 / .Q443 2008
