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02820aam a2200337Ii 4500 001 A5BDECBCCF3111EB9A1890BA3BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210617010040 008 200120s2021 stka b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781474445450 020 $a 1474445454 035 $a (OCoLC)1136968605 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d OCLCQ $d BDX $d ERASA $d YDXIT $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a PN2270.F43 $b K37 2021 082 04 $a 792.0973 $2 23 100 1 $a Karoula, Rania, $e author. 245 14 $a The Federal Theatre Project, 1935-1939 : $b engagement and experimentation / $c Rania Karoula. 264 1 $a Edinburgh : $b Edinburgh University Press, $c [2021] 300 $a ix, 242 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm. 490 1 $a Edinburgh critical studies in modernism, drama and performance 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 8 $a Investigates the explosive phenomenon of the Federal Theatre Project (FTP) from a transatlantic perspective. Offers the first comparative study of the history, performances and politics of the FTP in a book form. Contributes 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 plays. Draws 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 Concentrates on close reading of unpublished plays (excerpts from scripts included), on the actual performance events but also on archival material collected by the writer and not previously published in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 manner. Offers both a historical survey and theoretical analysis based on performance theories. Engaging 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. 610 20 $a Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) $x History. 610 20 $a Federal Theatre Project (New York, N.Y.) $x History. 650 0 $a Theater $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Modernism (Literature) $x History. 830 0 $a Edinburgh critical studies in modernism, drama and performance. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317030631.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A5BDECBCCF3111EB9A1890BA3BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search