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Furious Improvisation: How the WPA and a Cast of Thousands Made High Art out of Desperate Times
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 i...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780802716989
ISBN-10: 0802716989
Publication Date: 7/8/2008
Pages: 336
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Publisher: Walker & Company
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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