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The Furious Improvisation: How the Wpa and a Cast of Thousands Made High Art Out of Desperate Times

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The Furious Improvisation: How the Wpa and a Cast of Thousands Made High Art Out of Desperate Times - Quinn, Susan
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"Spotlight[s] one of the most compelling periods of American theater...Quinn's well-written narrative is both fascinating and frightening."-- Library Journal (starred review) In a desperate era, FDR and his advisers had to furiously improvise to get millions of unemployed people back to work. For writers, actors, and artists, they created the Federal Theater Project. A platform for cutting-edge drama, the program defied segregation, spotlighting social injustice and ultimately leading to a political struggle that ...

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The Furious Improvisation: How the Wpa and a Cast of Thousands Made High Art Out of Desperate Times 2009, Walker & Company, New York

ISBN-13: 9780802717580

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The Furious Improvisation: How the Wpa and a Cast of Thousands Made High Art Out of Desperate Times 2008, Walker & Company, New York

ISBN-13: 9780802716989

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