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A review by socraticgadfly
Furious Improvisation: How the Wpa and a Cast of Thousands Made High Art Out of Desperate Times by Susan Quinn
5.0
I had read about things like the Writers' Project before, but had read nothing about the Federal Theater Project.
Quinn shows the project reached well beyond Broadway, and brought theater to smaller parts of America. Beyond that, it didn't just do Shakespeare, but did more modern theater.
Or, with the genius of a 20-year-old Orson Welles, when it did do Shakespeare, it did a voodoo-themed Macbeth.
Beyond that, Quinn talks about how the FTP worked to break down segregation issues in local theater, walked landmines of issues with inter-union conflict and finally, was one of the first victims of the House Un-American Activities Committee.
Quinn shows the project reached well beyond Broadway, and brought theater to smaller parts of America. Beyond that, it didn't just do Shakespeare, but did more modern theater.
Or, with the genius of a 20-year-old Orson Welles, when it did do Shakespeare, it did a voodoo-themed Macbeth.
Beyond that, Quinn talks about how the FTP worked to break down segregation issues in local theater, walked landmines of issues with inter-union conflict and finally, was one of the first victims of the House Un-American Activities Committee.