Uncle Sam Presents : A Memoir of the Federal Theatre, 1935-1939

Buttitta, Tony; Witham, Barry B.

ISBN 10: 0812278267 / ISBN 13: 9780812278262

Edité par Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1982, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A., 1982

A propos de cet article

Cloth. Very Good/Very Good(-). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 249 pp. includes sketches, photos throughout, bibliography, index. Established under the WPA, the Federal Theatre not only employed the greatest number of people at one and the same time in American theatre history, but it also offered the widest repertory. DJ has light wear.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Uncle Sam Presents : A Memoir of the Federal Theatre, 1935-1939
• Éditeur: Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1982, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
• Date de parution: 1982
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0812278267
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780812278262
• Reliure: Cloth
• Illustrateur: Freeman, Don
• Édition: First Edition
• Impression: 1er tirage
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Very Good(-)
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Arts

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Synopsis

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

À propos de l?auteur

Tony Buttitta (1907-2004) left graduate school in th eearly 1930s to start Contempo, a magazine that achieved fame with such contributors as William Faulkner, James Joyce, Sherwood Anderson, Ezra Pound, and many other notable authors. He was a correspondent for Variety during World War II and eventually became a top theatrical press agent on Broadway. His published work includes After the Good Gay Times: A Summer with F. Scott Fitzgerald in Asheville, N.C. Barry Witham is Professor Emeritus of Theater History at the University of Washington. He is the author of The Federal Theatre Project: A Case Study and A Sustainable Theatre: Jasper Deeter at Hedgerow. His essays on the American theater have appeared in a variety of publications, including Modern Drama, Theatre Journal, and the Dictionary of American Biography.