02532oam 22005774a 450 991015021790332120170922081351.00-8093-3543-3(CKB)3710000000942227(MiAaPQ)EBC4737346(OCoLC)962756601(MdBmJHUP)muse52987(EXLCZ)99371000000094222720160606d2016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierStage for Action[electronic resource] U.S. Social Activist Theatre in the 1940s /Chrystyna DailCarbondale, [Illinois] :Southern Illinois University Press,2016.©20161 online resource (158 pages) illustrations, photographsTheater in the Americas0-8093-3542-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Theatre as a weapon -- Progressive insurgency -- "You've still got a voice" -- "The people's voice must sound louder" -- A people's theatre in every sense of the word."Drawing on underexplored and only recently available archives, author Chrystyna Dail examines the influence of Stage for Action--a significant yet previously unstudied agitprop theatre group founded in 1943--on social activist theatre in the 1940s, early 1950s, and beyond"--Provided by publisher.Theater in the Americas.HISTORY / United States / 20th CenturybisacshPERFORMING ARTS / Theater / GeneralbisacshPERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & CriticismbisacshTheaterPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryTheater and societyUnited StatesHistory20th centuryTheatrical companiesUnited StatesHistory20th centuryElectronic books. HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General.PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism.TheaterPolitical aspectsHistoryTheater and societyHistoryTheatrical companiesHistory792.09730904PER011020PER011000HIS036060bisacshDail Chrystyna1249756MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910150217903321Stage for Action2896012UNINA