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Drama was a weapon: the left-wing theatre in New York, 1929-1941.
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- Creator
- With a foreword by John Gassner
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [1963]
- Physical Details
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- 300 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- OCLC
- ocm00331681
- Includes bibliography.
- Foreword : Politics and theatre / John Gassner -- Introduction : Drama is a weapon -- The Communist Party's earliest amateur troupes -- The Communists' League of Workers' Theatres, 1932-1934 -- The Communists' New Theatre League, 1935-1941 -- Theatre Union -- Labor Stage -- Federal Theatre -- The Mercury Theatre -- The Theatre Guild and the Playwrights' Company -- The Group Theatre -- Social plays on Broadway -- The Communist Party's failure in the theatre