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04189aam a2200589 i 4500 001 0F40B9981B1B11EAA846F92397128E48 003 SILO 005 20191210010147 008 181211t20192019iaua b s001 0 eng c 010 $a 2018044536 020 $a 1609386418 020 $a 9781609386412 035 $a (OCoLC)1059257394 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d YDX $d NUI $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/n-us 050 00 $a PN3307.U6 $b M35 2019 082 00 $a 792.02/2209730904 $2 23 100 1 $a McAvoy, Mary, $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2014054978 245 10 $a Rehearsing revolutions : $b the labor drama experiment and radical activism in the early twentieth century / $c Mary McAvoy. 264 1 $a Iowa City : $b University of Iowa Press, $c [2019] 300 $a x, 260 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Studies in theatre history and culture 520 $a "Between the world wars, several labor colleges sprouted up across the U.S. These schools, funded by unions, sought to provide members with adult education while also indoctrinating them into the cause. As Mary McAvoy reveals, a big part of that learning experience centered on the schools' drama programs. For the first time, Rehearsing Revolutions shows how these left-leaning drama programs prepared American workers for the 'on-the-ground' activism emerging across the country. In fact, McAvoy argues, these amateur stages served as 'training grounds' for radical social activism in early twentieth-century America"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a The labor drama experiment -- Performance from the ranks : the advent of labor drama at Portland Labor College, 1922/25 -- The variegated shoots : Hazel MacKaye and the advent of labor dramatics at Brookwood Labor College, 1925/26 -- Of untold possibilities : Hollace Ransdell and the ladies of Southern labor dramatics, 1928/36 -- Something very different : Southern labor drama at Highlander Folk School, 1934/40 -- Lee Hays, a preaching hillbilly, and the FBI : the last gasps of labor drama at Commonwealth Labor College, 1932/39 -- Conclusion: Labor drama's legacies. 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 650 0 $a Workers' theater $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Amateur theater $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Experimental theater $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a College theater $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Labor unions and education $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Labor union members $x History $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Labor unions and the arts $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Socialism and theater $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Political activists $x History $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Radicalism $z United States $x History $y 20th century. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008110372 650 7 $a Amateur theater. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00806688 650 7 $a College theater. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00868221 650 7 $a Experimental theater. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00918508 650 7 $a Labor unions and education. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00990320 650 7 $a Labor unions and the arts. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00990327 650 7 $a Radicalism. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01087015 650 7 $a Socialism and theater. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01123704 650 7 $a Workers' theater. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01180401 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628 $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a McAvoy, Mary, author. $t Rehearsing revolutions $d Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2019] $z 9781609386429 $w (DLC) 2019000789 830 0 $a Studies in theatre history and culture. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90722875 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210014405.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0F40B9981B1B11EAA846F92397128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search