Smith, Wendy

Real life drama : the group theatre and America, 1931-1940 / Wendy Smith - New York : Grove Weidenfeld, c1990 - xi, 482 pages ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter1. Genesis -- Chapter2. First Love -- Chapter3. The real world -- Chapter4. New Horizons -- Chapter5. Hard Times -- Chapter6. Broadway Success -- Chapter7. Conflict -- Chapter8. Theatre Becomes Life -- Chapter9. The struggle for organization -- Chapter10. Falling apart -- Chapter11. Regrouping -- Chapter12. A new agenda -- Chapter13. Fame and discontents -- Chapter14. A season in hell -- Chapter15. Homeless.

Art is part of real world. There are all kinds of activism, and when art reveals to us our society and ourselves, it is a force for change at least as powerful as any political party.

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GROUP THEATER

PN 2297 .S65 1990