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The Furious Improvisation: How the WPA and a Cast of Thousands Made High Art out of Desperate Times
The Furious Improvisation How the WPA and a Cast of Thousands Made High Art out of Desperate Times
Author: Susan Quinn
A vivid portrait of the turbulent 1930s and the Roosevelt administration as seen through the WPA?s Federal Theater Project.Under the direction of a five-foot redheaded firecracker, Hallie Flanagan, the Federal Theater Project managed to turn a WPA relief program into a platform for some of the most inventive and cutting-edge theater of its time....  more »
ISBN-13: 9781596911406
ISBN-10: 1596911409
Publication Date: 10/1/2009
Pages: 336
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Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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