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Guide to the Federal Theatre Project Collection, 1936-1939 CTC.1979.02
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- Title
- Federal Theatre Project collection, 1936-1939, Collection of Federal Theatre Project, 1936-1939
- Creator
- Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)
- Subject
- Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)., Federal Theatre Project (U.S.), Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) --History, National Service Bureau (U.S.)., Experimental theater--United States, Living newspaper, Performing arts--United States, Theater--United States, Theater and society--United States--20th century, Theater and state--United States--20th century
- Description
- The Federal Theatre Project Collection consists of various Federal Theatre Project materials such as scripts, programs, reports, and meeting agendas dating between 1936 and 1939. The collection offers a variety of information reflecting the administrative, legal, operational, and live performance activities of the Federal Theatre Project., Federal Theatre Project Collection, 1936-1939, CTC.1979.02, Curtis Theatre Collection, Special Collections Department, University of Pittsburgh., Gift of the New York Public Library in 1979., The Federal Theatre Project was a New Deal initiative established in 1935 within the Work Projects Administration (WPA). Under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Administration, the Federal Theatre Project aimed to provide employment for out-of-work theatre professionals including actors, writers, directors, and designers during the Great Depression as well as reinvigorating theatre and providing entertainment for a despondent nation. Under the dynamic direction of Hallie Flanagan, the project encouraged experimental, uncensored, and unrestricted work in theatres across the country and also staged revivals of European and American classics in regional theatres, attracting large new theatre audiences as a result. The plays often reflected current events and controversial issues such as farm-aid policy, syphilis testing, and housing inequity and were extremely popular with audiences. The left leaning political tone of some of the plays drew the attention of the House on Un-American Activities Committee, which prompted an investigation of the Federal Theatre Project that led to its dissolution on July 30, 1939. The Federal Theatre Project Collection includes publications, reports, and programs that reflect the activities of the project between the years of 1936-1939. The Federal Theatre Project was the first and only initiative of its kind instituted by the Federal Government to execute the production and administration of theatre on a national scale. Consequently, this program introduced European epic theatre to new audiences never before exposed to live performance and was instrumental in creating socially significant and influential works., Finding aid Available in repository and on Internet; Folder level control; http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?type=simple;c=ascead;view=text;subview=outline;didno=US-PPiU-ctc197902
- Contributor
- University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
- Date
- 1936-1939
- Type
- Collection, Text, Bibliographies., Newsletters., Newspapers., Scripts (Documents)., Theater programs.
- Format
- 5.0, Unmediated, Sheet, Volume
- Identifier
- oclc:ocm31129908, oclc:31129908, pitt:US-PPiU-ctc197902
- Language
- eng
- Relation
- http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?type=simple;c=ascead;view=text;subview=outline;didno=US-PPiU-ctc197902
- Coverage
- United States, United States, United States, United States, United States
- Rights
- Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use., http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
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