An edition of Rehearsing revolutions (2019)

Rehearsing revolutions

the labor drama experiment and radical activism in the early twentieth century

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Rehearsing revolutions
Mary McAvoy, Mary McAvoy
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An edition of Rehearsing revolutions (2019)

Rehearsing revolutions

the labor drama experiment and radical activism in the early twentieth century

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"Between the world wars, several labor colleges sprouted up across the U.S. These schools, funded by unions, sought to provide members with adult education while also indoctrinating them into the cause. As Mary McAvoy reveals, a big part of that learning experience centered on the schools' drama programs. For the first time, Rehearsing Revolutions shows how these left-leaning drama programs prepared American workers for the 'on-the-ground' activism emerging across the country. In fact, McAvoy argues, these amateur stages served as 'training grounds' for radical social activism in early twentieth-century America"--

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University of Iowa Press
Language
English
Pages
260

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Subjects

Workers' theater, History, Amateur theater, Experimental theater, College theater, Labor unions and education, Labor union members, Education, Labor unions and the arts, Socialism and theater, Political activists, Radicalism

Places

United States

Times

20th century
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Rehearsing revolutions: the labor drama experiment and radical activism in the early twentieth century
2019, University of Iowa Press
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Table of Contents

The labor drama experiment
Performance from the ranks : the advent of labor drama at Portland Labor College, 1922/25
The variegated shoots : Hazel MacKaye and the advent of labor dramatics at Brookwood Labor College, 1925/26
Of untold possibilities : Hollace Ransdell and the ladies of Southern labor dramatics, 1928/36
Something very different : Southern labor drama at Highlander Folk School, 1934/40
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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Iowa City
Series
Studies in theatre history and culture, Studies in theatre history and culture

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
792.02/2209730904
Library of Congress
PN3307.U6 M35 2019

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 260 pages
Number of pages
260

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL44100506M
ISBN 10
1609386418
ISBN 13
9781609386412
LCCN
2018044536
OCLC/WorldCat
1059257394

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