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
Summary
"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"-- Provided by publisher
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Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 17, 2019)
