Rehearsing Revolutions : The Labor Drama Experiment and Radical Activism in the Early Twentieth Century.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (277 pages)
- Studies Theatre Hist and Culture Series .
- Studies Theatre Hist and Culture Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. The Labor Drama Experiment -- Chapter 2. Performance from the Ranks: The Advent of Labor Drama at Portland Labor College, 1922-25 -- Chapter 3. The Variegated Shoots: Hazel MacKaye and the Development of Labor Dramatics at Brookwood Labor College, 1925-26 -- Chapter 4. Of Untold Possibilities: Hollace Ransdell and the Ladies of Southern Labor Dramatics, 1928-36 -- Chapter 5. Something Very Different: Southern Labor Drama at Highlander Folk School, 1934-40 -- Chapter 6. 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 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Labor unions and the arts-United States-History-20th century.